Topic: Food Safety and Inspection Service
AP News | 2010-03-12 07:21:48
Lawmakers, GAO probe lax enforcement of animal welfare rules following slaughterhouse abuse
The knives at the slaughterhouse weren't properly sanitized, a government investigator said, and employees at the meatpacking plant didn't know how to test the carcasses of days-old veal calves for a dangerous pathogen. Food safety conditions were so poor at the Vermont processing facility that it ...
AP News | 2010-02-17 12:10:17
<div id="subtitle">More RI-made salami products recalled because of possible salmonella in red pepper ingredient</div><div><p>Federal officials say Rhode Island-based Daniele International is expanding its recall of salami products that may be contaminated with salmonella.</p><p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
Reuters US Online Report Top News | 2010-02-13 15:39:52
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Unsafe conditions have prompted a California meat company to recall another 4.9 million lbs of beef and veal, expanding its previous recall to nearly 5.8 million lbs, the Agriculture Department said on Saturday.</p><p>No illnesses have been linked to the meat, produced as early ...
consumeraffairs.com | 2010-02-04 07:05:12
<div id="subtitle">Products distributed to Chicago area</div><div><p>A Missouri company todaypulled 14,000 pounds of beef products off the market because they may be tainted with E.coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said.
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