Feds to toughen Meat, poultry inspection
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The first major changes to food inspection in a decade will increase federal scrutiny of meat and poultry plants where the danger from E. coli and other germs is high or where past visits have found unsafe practices.
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A massive sweep at Swift meat-processing plants this week could lead officials to 'document rings.'
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The U.S. Agriculture Department is not fully prepared to cope with an outbreak of the highly pathogenic bird flu virus, a government report said on Monday.
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The House Agriculture Committee voted Thursday night to require country of origin labels on meats beginning next year, striking a compromise as reports of tainted food from China raise consumer awareness about imported food safety.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration offered new guidance to the food industry on Monday to try to keep fresh-cut vegetables safe but admitted it is still not clear how lettuce, tomatoes and other foods get contaminated in the first place.
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The Bush administration is moving ahead with plans to allow the importation of live cattle and beef from Canada despite two new cases of mad cow disease in Alberta.
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OTTAWA -- The federal government is putting Canadian food producers on a strict carbohydrate labelling diet that could knock a number of new product lines off grocery store shelves next year.
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A working group appointed by President Bush recommended a food inspection approach that focuses on points of vulnerability that arise before products like food and toys reach the United States.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 20, 2004 - The Food and Drug Administration on Monday recommended changes aimed at reducing by one-third the salmonella infections caused each year by tainted eggs.
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From fast-food chains to Congress, moves are afoot to reduce animal suffering and ensure food safety
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Lax oversight by the U.S.  Agriculture Department and confused food safety inspectors were  to blame for imports of 42,000 pounds of Canadian beef products  in 2004 that violated a U.S. mad cow disease ban, federal  investigators said on Wednesday.
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Meat packers lobby for state-inspected products to be sold nationwide.
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China ordered strengthened poultry disinfection measures yesterday under a bird flu alert during the wildfowl migration season and as Thailand announced its first probable case of human-to-human transmission.
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Chicken jerky products for dogs may be making some pets ill, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Wednesday.
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Britain's food safety watchdog is investigating if meat infected with the avian flu virus entered the food chain following an outbreak of the disease on a farm run by Europe's largest poultry producer.
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The US government is investigating a possible new case of mad cow disease, officials said on Thursday, rattling the US cattle industry, food processors and beef-oriented restaurant chains.
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Those people who took the time to actually digest the fat new sheaf of dietary guidelines the federal government released this week had a few questions.