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With severe flooding across much of the Midwest, ensuring safety and public health is of the utmost importance. This includes making sure food is safe before being consumed, along with water. Bacteria levels can spike after a flooding event, as public health officials in Grand Rapids, Mich. have noted. They expect to find elevated levels [...] Don’t have time to scour the internet for the latest food safety, animal safety, life sciences and agriculture news? Relax, we’ve got it covered. Food safety OIG: Beef headed for burgers, tenderized steaks not being adequately tested – Food Safety News A major re-evaluation of E. coli testing needs to take place, according to an Office [...] Don’t have time to scour the internet for the latest food safety, animal safety, life sciences and agriculture news? Relax, we’ve got it covered. Food safety FSIS asks researchers to focus on key food safety issues – Food Safety News The agency has updated its list of study priorities, including Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. USDA and USAID [...] Food companies that sell raw, nonintact beef and ready-to-eat meat and poultry products soon will be required to hold the products until they test negative for adulterants. The “hold and test” policy, published today by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), begins in 60 days. It also requires importers and “official establishments” to [...] Companies that produce certain raw ground poultry products have a lot of work to do in the next three months under new rules announced yesterday. In a statement posted Wednesday, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is requiring companies that produce raw ground chicken and turkey to reassess their hazard analysis and critical [...] E. coli E. coli O157:H7 testing may soon be more risk-based, according to a notice posted in the Federal Register. The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced it is seeking comments on a redesign of its E. coli O157:H7 verification system to make it more risk-based while also allowing the agency to [...] A pilot program aimed at streamlining meat inspection at the U.S.-Canadian border has some food safety and consumer groups concerned. A part of the Beyond the Border Action Plan, the pilot program results will help determine if a small number of businesses can achieve pre-clearance for fresh beef and pork shipments across the border, according [...] Officials at the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hope a new tool will help protect the public from pathogens in food and water. The Microbial Risk Assessment Guideline, which was announced today, is an “overarching microbial risk assessment guideline” that outlines comprehensive and descriptive information for [...] Don’t have time to scour the internet for the latest food safety, animal safety, life sciences and agriculture news? Relax, we’ve got it covered.
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