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Big Spike in Food Recalls During Third Quarter
Food recalls occurred at a four-per-day clip during the third quarter, reaching their highest levels in two years, according to data produced by Indianapolis-based Stericycle ExpertRECALL. The rise in...
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USDA Meat Inspectors End Fiscal 2013 With Criminal Plea Agreement, Penalties
A criminal plea agreement with a Nebraska deer meat processor is the most serious infraction disclosed by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service in the agency’s final quarterly enforcement...
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FSIS Reports Enforcement Actions and Quarterly Pathogen Test Results
Criminal convictions topped enforcement actions by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service during the first quarter of 2014. A jury on March 18, 2014, found Linda Chen Mai, an employee of the Trinh...
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FSIS Enforcement Action Results in Sentencing in Three Criminal Cases
A trio of successful prosecutions top the quarterly enforcement report from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service for the period ending June 30th. The April to June period is the third quarter...
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Sentences, Convictions Make Latest FSIS Enforcement Report
A federal sentencing in Arkansas, convictions in Florida, and a guilty plea in Puerto Rico topped fourth-quarter enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection...
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Big 3 and Big Plants Leave Inhumane Handling Tracks Across FSIS’ Third Quarter
Inhumane treatment in the handling and/or slaughtering of animals was cited last quarter at three out of four large-volume plants where USDA meat inspectors started administrative actions, either now...
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USDA continues citation focus against inhumane treatment
Twenty of 27 administrative actions USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service took against America’s largest meat and poultry plants during the government’s second quarter were for the inhumane...
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Halfway into FY 2018, FSIS isn’t seeing much criminal action
The most serious criminal and civil actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) can take are not getting much use this year. FSIS did not pursue any criminal...
View ArticleFDA wants to improve the recalls from the companies it regulates
With new draft guidance for so-called voluntary recalls, the Food and Drug Administration is looking to be more effective in an area that’s been seen as one of its short comings. In announcing new...
View ArticleCriminal convictions top FSIS Quarterly Enforcement Report
The USDA’s quarterly report of enforcement activities by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is topped off by the criminal conviction of Antillio Graniello. The U.S. District Court for the...
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Big Spike in Food Recalls During Third Quarter
Food recalls occurred at a four-per-day clip during the third quarter, reaching their highest levels in two years, according to data produced by Indianapolis-based Stericycle ExpertRECALL. The rise in...
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USDA Meat Inspectors End Fiscal 2013 With Criminal Plea Agreement, Penalties
A criminal plea agreement with a Nebraska deer meat processor is the most serious infraction disclosed by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service in the agency’s final quarterly enforcement...
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FSIS Reports Enforcement Actions and Quarterly Pathogen Test Results
Criminal convictions topped enforcement actions by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service during the first quarter of 2014. A jury on March 18, 2014, found Linda Chen Mai, an employee of the Trinh...
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FSIS Enforcement Action Results in Sentencing in Three Criminal Cases
A trio of successful prosecutions top the quarterly enforcement report from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service for the period ending June 30th. The April to June period is the third quarter...
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Sentences, Convictions Make Latest FSIS Enforcement Report
A federal sentencing in Arkansas, convictions in Florida, and a guilty plea in Puerto Rico topped fourth-quarter enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection...
View ArticleBig 3 and Big Plants Leave Inhumane Handling Tracks Across FSIS’ Third Quarter
Inhumane treatment in the handling and/or slaughtering of animals was cited last quarter at three out of four large-volume plants where USDA meat inspectors started administrative actions, either now...
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USDA continues citation focus against inhumane treatment
Twenty of 27 administrative actions USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service took against America’s largest meat and poultry plants during the government’s second quarter were for the inhumane...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Halfway into FY 2018, FSIS isn’t seeing much criminal action
The most serious criminal and civil actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) can take are not getting much use this year. FSIS did not pursue any criminal...
View ArticleUSDA Enforcement Report for the 3rd quarter is in
The Quarterly Enforcement Report for April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2023, shows carcass inspections for livestock fell to 39,410 570. It was the first time in Fiscal Year 2023 that the number fell below 40...
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