Tag: poultry
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USDA Proposes Process for Generic Labeling Approval
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a proposed rule to “expand the circumstances under which FSIS will generically approve the labels of meat and poultry products.” Under the proposal, which would also combine regulations into a new CFR part, FSIS would reportedly allow establishments “to label a…
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FSIS Issues Final Rule Defining Classes of Poultry
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a final rule amending the definitions and standards of classes of poultry ready for market. Effective January 1, 2014, the measure aims to “ensure that the labeling of poultry products is truthful and not misleading.” According to FSIS, poultry classes have been…
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FSIS Issues Video Compliance Guide for Federally Inspected Meat, Poultry Plants
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced the availability of final compliance guidelines for video monitoring at federally inspected establishments, such as meat and poultry plants. The guidelines, which have received Office of Management and Budget approval, stem from a 2008 USDA Office of Inspector General (OIG) recommendation that called for FSIS to…
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Study Claims Organic Poultry Lower in Drug-Resistant Bacteria
A recent study has claimed that after adopting organic practices and ceasing the use of antibiotics, large-scale poultry farms had “significantly lower levels” of antibiotic-resistant and multidrug resistant (MDR) Enterococcus than their conventional counterparts. Amy Rebecca Sapkot, et al., “Lower Prevalence of Antibiotic-resistant Enterococci On U.S. Conventional Poultry Farms That Transitioned to Organic Practices,” Environmental…
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FSIS Issues Health Alert for Ongoing Salmonella Outbreak
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert “due to concerns about illnesses caused by Salmonella Heidelberg that may be associated with the use and consumption of ground turkey.” According to FSIS, an epidemiological investigation led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and…
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FSIS Proposes New Labeling for Injected Raw Meat, Poultry
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a proposed rule that would require raw meat and poultry products that contain injected marinades or solutions to be named in a way that clearly distinguishes them from 100 percent meat or poultry products. According to FSIS, consumers are likely unaware that“enhanced products”…
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Fourth Circuit Allows Compensation for Poultry Workers’ Donning and Doffing Time
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that the time poultry workers spend donning and doffing protective gear at the beginning and end of their shifts must be compensated as an “integral and indispensable” part of the principal activity of employment. Perez v. Mountaire Farms, Inc., No. 09-1917 (4th Cir., decided June 7, 2011).…
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CSPI Wants FSIS to Declare Salmonella in Meat and Poultry an Adulterant
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has filed a citizen petition “requesting that the administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) . . . issue an interpretive rule declaring certain delineated strains of antibiotic-resistant [ABR] Salmonella, when found in ground meat and ground poultry, to be adulterants” under federal law.…