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29 Jul 2020, 9:01 pm by Dan Flynn
” It said the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is working closely with the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection, other federal agencies, and state departments of agriculture to investigate the situation. [read post]
28 Jul 2020, 9:04 am by kblocher@hslf.org
FSIS also granted a waiver to a cattle plant, allowing the company to increase slaughter speeds and shift inspection duties from its own inspectors to untrained plant employees. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 9:02 pm by News Desk
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comment on a petition from a vaccine manufacturer that wants approval to produce foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine consisting of a modified non-infectious and non-transmissible strain of the virus on the U.S. mainland. [read post]
10 Jun 2020, 9:05 pm by News Desk
This month, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is transitioning efforts in Southern California from response to prevention because no new vND cases have been confirmed in Southern California since Feb. 1 this year. [read post]
31 May 2020, 9:03 pm by Guest Contributor
Insects just like vertebrates can contain biological agents and substances that can represent a health threat to consumers. [read post]
27 May 2020, 9:07 pm by Dan Flynn
-based group that advocates for plant-based food and animal rights. [read post]
25 May 2020, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
In the United States, Smithfield is under the regulation of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). [read post]
25 May 2020, 9:04 pm by Guest Contributor
USDA cautiously weighs the ability to charge for services, understanding that cost could discourage necessary inspections or testing that could impact public health. [read post]
21 May 2020, 9:03 pm by Coral Beach
”   The comments filed by Stop Foodborne Illness and CSPI are in response to a petition asking the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to declare Salmonella serotypes associated with illness outbreaks to be adulterants under the meat and poultry inspection laws. [read post]
10 May 2020, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
Stakeholders have raised concerns that not having a clear definition of the point of harvest could lead to challenges such as overlapping inspection requirements or a gap in the inspection. [read post]
But because health officials took extra precautions at a homeless shelter and at a pork processing plant, they tested everyone at those locations. [read post]
This section defines a state of emergency as “the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by conditions such as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, cyberterrorism, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease,” and more. [read post]
4 May 2020, 8:12 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) to retract approvals for all plants currently operating at higher line speeds, cease issuing new approvals, and take additional steps to ensure social distancing at slaughterhouses. [read post]
29 Apr 2020, 9:01 pm by News Desk
More than 8,200 shipments of imported food, plants and live animals have been checked by FASFC inspectors in various ports and airports since March 18. [read post]
28 Apr 2020, 9:03 pm by News Desk
  The research team included people from the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the CDC; Pennsylvania Department of Health; New York State Department of Health; New Jersey Department of Health; Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture; and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services of the U.S. [read post]
25 Apr 2020, 9:05 pm by Guest Contributor
SDA staff are continuing to conduct all food safety, dairy, and plant inspections to ensure public health. [read post]
24 Apr 2020, 8:56 am by Tom Kosakowski
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is hiring an Program Specialist Ombudsman based in Maryland. [read post]