Feds delay poultry testing; expect many operations to fail By Coral Beach  Certain poultry producers have a few extra weeks to beef up their pathogen reduction programs, which were scheduled to face new Salmonella and Campylobacter testing beginning in May. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) won't begin assessing whether poultry operations are meeting new pathogen reduction standards until July 1, according to... Continue Reading
Health Canada may allow the sale of irradiated raw ground beef By News Desk  Health Canada plans to suggest amendments to the country’s Food and Drug Regulations in June which would add ground beef to the list of foods permitted to undergo radiation treatment before being sold in Canada. The rationale behind changing the regulations is that irradiation of raw ground beef will prevent the spread of E. coli and other... Continue Reading
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A bipartisan congressional group mostly representing the Gulf states, but also including food safety advocate Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), has asked the House leadership not to take up the recently passed Senate resolution which would end the nation's only catfish inspection program. "The Senate recently passed S.J. Res. 28, a Congressional Review Act resolution which overturns... 
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