FSIS to Declare "The Big Six" Non-O157 STECs Adulterants
Last year, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) was petitioned to declare six additional disease-causing and potentially life-threatening strains of E. coli, those...
Salmonella and Campylobacter Found on Raw Chicken Sold at Farmers' Markets
Esther French, Mattea Kramer and Maggie Clark, fellows with News21, a national university reporting project at the University of Maryland, recently conducted an investigation into...
FDA Announces FREE-B, A New Tool for Food-Emergency Readiness
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with other federal partners including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the...
USDA Researchers Shed Some Light on Produce Safety
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) working at the Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, have...
FSIS Releases Draft Compliance Guide to Help Improve the Safety of Ready-to-Eat Products
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture´s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a press release announcing that it has posted a set of draft...
Food Safety Advocates Call for Testing of Non-O157 Strains of E. coli
The AP is carrying the story today of efforts of food safety advocates, including us here at Marler Clark, to push the USDA to include...
Food Poisoning Cost 3 Billion Annually - Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7 Alone
The USDA, on a new website on May 13, unveiled a cost of food poisoning calculator. To date, the only two pathogens with reported yearly costs...
FSIS Progress Report on Salmonella in Meat and Poultry
In 1996, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service established the HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control points) rule to verify that establishments have consistent process...
Standards For Beef Too Lax, According To USDA
When it comes to consuming beef manufactured and sold in the US, a new report by the USDA warns there are many more concerns for...
USA Today Reports Sweeping Changes in Beef Acquisition for School Lunches
Blake Morrison and Peter Eisler report in today's edition of the USA Today: The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced sweeping steps Thursday to "assure the...
