The questionnaire must be completed in the Public Health Information System (PHIS) by Aug. 18.

Throughout the study, 11 state labs each bought 15 samples of product per month at nearby retail stores.

The new guidelines are intended to help small and very small meat establishments.

The National Chicken Council expressed concern that the proposed policy shift would shutter poultry processing plants.

The ready-to-eat meat snacks include FDA regulated chocolate wafers that have been recalled for containing an undeclared allergen, peanut butter.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a public health alert that fully cooked summer sausage produced by Trimble, Mo.-based Paradise Locker Meats, might be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically plastic.

Following the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) declaration of Salmonella as an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products, the National Chicken Council delivered its public comments to the agency.

On Oct. 14, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released a proposed regulatory framework intended to help control Salmonella contamination in poultry products.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a public health alert for raw, ready-to-cook chicken entrée products that may contain egg, a known allergen, which is not declared on the finished product label. 

The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert due to concerns regarding ground beef products in HelloFresh meal kits possibly associated with Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 illness.