Oregon Worker Dies After Falling Into Meat Grinder
An Oregon man contracted to clean a meat processing plant died last week when he fell into a ...
Processor Recalls 468,000 Pounds of Meat Products
WASHINGTON — Manda Packing Co. has expanded a recall to include 468,000 pounds of deli meats due to a risk of Listeria ...
Deli Meat Listeria Recall Expands to Include 468,000 Pounds of Product
The Louisiana firm that recalled 20,166 pounds of roast beef products earlier this week for potential Listeria contamination ...
Consumer Alert for Minnesota’s Belgrade Meat Center
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) issued an April 3rd consumer alert for people to avoid consuming smoked pork and ...
A Closer Look at the FDA Antibiotic Retail Meat Report
Perhaps, like me, you’ve wondered what percentage of retail meat has foodborne pathogens, and of ...
A Closer Look at the NARMS Retail Meat Report
Perhaps, like me, you’ve wondered what percentage of retail meat has foodborne pathogens, and of ...
Professor Pennington Speaks Out on Meat, Greens and Spoilage
Professor Hugh Pennington, best known for his independent inquiry into the 2005 E. coli outbreak in Wales ...
Congress Passes Bill to Avert Meat Inspector Furloughs
The House on Thursday passed a continuing resolution that will head off furloughs for U.S. meat ...
Senate Approves Measure to Avoid Meat Inspector Furloughs
The Senate on Wednesday approved an amendment to avoid meat inspector furloughs that were slated to occur ...
Meat Matters Report
Supermarket News, the #1 media brand in food retailing, will feature an in-depth look back ...
All Federal Meat Inspectors To Be Furloughed on 11 Scheduled Days
The nation’s meat inspectors will be forced to take the same days off, possibility shutting down the U.S. meat industry on those dates, the House Agriculture Subcommittee learned ...
Meat Influential in Total Store Sales
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The meat department plays an important role in total store sales, according to a presentation by Sherry Frey, vice president at the Nielsen Perishables Group, ...
Meat Inspector Furloughs Months Away, Says Vilsack
Furloughs of meat inspectors will take “several months” to roll out, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told lawmakers on Tuesday.
The department will send out notices to union representatives ...
Shoppers Need Help On Meat, Poultry
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Shoppers aren’t confident in how to prepare meals with poultry and meat, but they aren’t turning to butchers in the meat department for help, according to ...
Vilsack: Under Sequestration, USDA Cannot Avoid Furloughing Meat Inspectors
Under the sequester, which recently put in place across-the-board budget cuts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has no choice but to eventually furlough meat inspectors, Agriculture ...
USDA Meat & Poultry Inspectors Start Year With Brisk Business
With tomorrow’s sequester, USDA’s meat and poultry inspectors are suppose to see less work, but what they do accomplish will likely be measured against what they did during the ...
Europe Deals With Organic Egg Scandal on top of Horse Meat Problems
Add organic eggs to Europe’s ongoing food scandals.
As many as 150 German and 36 Dutch poultry farms are being investigated for fraud involving organic eggs. Led by prosecutors in ...
Meat Conference 2013: Meat Names Simplified
The Beef and Pork Checkoff programs released a list of new, proposed common URMIS (Uniform Retail Meat Identity Standards) names for consumer facing labels during two presentations ...
