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FSIS Has Misinterpreted NIOSH Line-Speed Study

Statements made by FSIS on their blog that said NIOSH “made several recommendations to improve worker safety at this facility, but slowing the evisceration line speed was not among them,” is misleading.

FDA Gives Approval For The Irradiation Of Shellfish

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The FDA is amending the current food additive regulations to allow the safe use of ionizing radiation on crustaceans (e.g., crab, shrimp, lobster, crayfish, and prawns) to control foodborne pathogens and extend the shelf life.

Indiana Joins FSIS Interstate Shipment Program

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

USDA’s Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program gives certain selected small and very small state-inspected meat processors the option to ship meat and poultry products bearing an official USDA Mark of Inspection across state lines.

A List Of 2014 Top 10 Most Innovative Food Companies

From innovative and newly engineered foods to farming practices that reduce greenhouse gases, these companies are cooking up new ideas and changing how we think about our food.

Dutch Safety Council Calls Out Meat Industry For Being 'Untransparent'

A soon-to-be released report by the Onderzoeksraad voor de Veiligheid says there are serious shortcomings in food industry supervision which pose a risk to food safety.

Risk/Compliance

All Eyes on the Sanitary Food Transportation Act

International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA)

The Food and Drug Administration has the responsibility for implementing FSMA and has issued seven proposed rules on each of the critical elements.

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Fonterra Quickly Pleads Guilty To Food Safety Violations

New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra pleaded guilty Thursday to four food-safety violations following a botulism scare last year, just hours after government officials filed charges.

Software Solutions

New iPad App From Muddy Boots Helps Complete Audits, Assessments On The Go

Muddy Boots Inc.

Muddy Boots Software has launched the Greenlight Assessments iPad App, a data collection tool for completing audits and assessments on the go.

Software Solutions

Burton's Food Safety Software Given Frost & Sullivan Award

Frost & Sullivan

Canadian developer of hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) software wins the prestigious Frost & Sullivan CIO Impact award for its transformative food safety technology.

Groups Call For USDA To Control GMO Contamination

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Report from Food & Water Watch and OFARM says more than 30 percent of farmers seeking to grow organic crops reported that unintended GMO presence has been found or suspected on their farms.

Consent Agreement Clears The Way For Final FSMA Rules

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to deadlines on final food safety rules mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

Did The USDA Fail To Prevent Huge Meat Recall?

The assigned USDA food inspector alleges that her supervisor, a USDA public health veterinarian assigned to Rancho, was approving dairy cow carcasses that she believed should have been rejected.

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