A new National Food Safety Center in Iowa and expanded labs in Georgia anchor the USDA’s new plan for a “stronger” food ...

WASHINGTON — The National Chicken Council (NCC) provided its comments to the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in ...

Earlier this week, I outlined some of the changes that are in store if the USDA's proposed new poultry inspection program is put into action. In a nutshell, consumers can expect more chemicals sprayed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is overhauling poultry plant inspections for the first time in more than 50 years, a move it says could result in 5,000 fewer foodborne illnesses each year.

Industry groups and union representatives weighed in on proposed changes to pork and poultry line speed requirements as part ...

A coalition of consumer groups has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of Management and Budget to release the latest version of a rule to change poultry inspection and open a new ...

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is overhauling poultry plant inspections for the first time in more than 50 years, a move it says could result in 5,000 fewer foodborne illnesses each year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last Monday, members of American Federation of Government Employees union and food safety advocates rallied outside of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to protest a plan that they ...

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WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on July 31 announced a new long-awaited poultry inspection rule that will require companies to conduct microbiological tests for patho-gens that cannot ...