The Meat Institute has backed USDA FSIS proposed rule changes that would allow pork and poultry processors to increase line ...

New rulemaking from the Department of Agriculture will allow swine slaughter facilities to opt in to a new inspection system that focuses on new requirements for microbial testing and pathogen control ...

USDA’s Mindy Brashears submitted this column to Food Safety News this week. In the world of food safety, 1993 was a watershed moment. Early that year, hundreds of people became ill and four children ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) posted a final rule that establishes an optional new inspection system for pork processors. Despite pushback ...

Out of sight, out of mind. The adage captures one of AWI’s central concerns when it comes to the slaughter of pigs in the United States. Most are stunned or killed in the steel-walled confines of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's release last week of a final rule on swine-slaughter inspection has been met with complaints from watchdog groups concerned about public health and the ...

In the world of food safety, 1993 was a watershed moment. Early that year, hundreds of people became ill and four children died from an E. coli outbreak linked to fast-food burgers. At the time, I was ...