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29 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
 By focusing on a narrow band of business and trade agencies, the administration is getting little support against a broad union/business coalition that will very likely have the power to block consolidation from going through Congress.The powerful American Meat Institute (AMI) is the latest to join 85 small, medium and large business and agricultural organizations against the Obama-proposed merger. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
The American Meat Institute has asked for such testing to be postponed until a risk assessment is conducted, and data collected to determine the extent of beef contamination by non-O157 E. coli. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
 The powerful American Meat Institute (AMI), for example, opposes fees whenever they are suggested at the federal level. [read post]
21 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
"As new research expands our ability to respond to food safety issues, it is essential that we embrace new inspection approaches that keep pace with that knowledge," said American Meat Institute executive vice president James H. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
McCain, Maple Leaf's president and chief executive officer, nor Randall Huffman, the Toronto company's chief food safety officer, responded to  invitations from Food Safety News to comment about the possible cuts.Huffman, the former head of the American Meat Institute Foundation, joined Maple Leaf after the 2008 outbreak. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
Last month, the Food Industry Dioxin Working Group (FIDWG) -- an ad hoc coalition made up of groups like United Egg Producers, the American Farm Bureau, and the American Frozen Food Institute -- sent a letter to a senior White House policy adviser expressing "deep concern" over the effort. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
-based American Meat Institute, whose members slaughter and process more than 90 percent of U.S. beef. [read post]
30 Dec 2011, 11:42 am by Daniel Richardson
  A quick note, the Restatement series published by the American Law Institute is a national project that started in the 1920s to codify all of the areas of law that traditionally do not have statutory guidelines. [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 11:43 am by Michael Markarian
This “defund” language barred the agency from conducting inspections at or approving meat from horse slaughter plants. [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 1:59 am
"  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the six strains are responsible for 40,000 illnesses, 1,100 hospitalizations, and 30 deaths annually.Hagen's decision was in response to a formal petition filed on behalf of victims of non-O157 E coli strains by food safety attorney Bill Marler, who is also publisher of Food Safety News.The American Meat Institute, representing big beef processors, has tried to stop and more recently delay… [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 1:59 am
He recalled the events surrounding his decision to first ban O157 from meat in 1994 -- which he announced at a meeting of the American Meat Institute. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 3:32 pm by Bridget Crawford
An article on the New York kosher meat boycott of 1902 became her most anthologized work. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 1:59 am
The governments of Australia and New Zealand, major beef exporters, expressed written concern last week to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service over their new non-O157 E. coli policy, according to the North American Meat Processors Association newsletter.Echoing the arguments of the American Meat Institute, both Australia and New Zealand questioned whether the so-called "Big Six" serotypes of E. coli -- O26, O103, O45, O111, O121 and O145… [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 1:59 am
Hodges, executive vice president of the American Meat Institute, went so far as to say: "[The] USDA is proposing a solution in search of a problem. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 12:31 pm by PritzkerLaw
A handful of groups, including the American Meat Institute and the governments of Australia and New Zealand, as it turns out. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 12:31 pm by PritzkerLaw
A handful of groups, including the American Meat Institute and the governments of Australia and New Zealand, as it turns out. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 2:18 pm by Peggy McGuinness
  What is most significant for me is Marko’s systematic effort to put doctrinal and policy meat on the bones of the argument that has been developing over the last decade or so that human rights obligations are “everywhere. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 1:59 am
The agency had considered the issue for about four years.Testing is scheduled to begin in March, which meat producers say is too soon.During the hour-long teleconference, they said more must be known about the problem of non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing (STEC) E. coli, including how many illnesses these bugs cause that are directly related to meat.Current methods to control for O157:H7 are adequate to also prevent these other bacteria from contaminating the meat supply, argued the… [read post]
27 Nov 2011, 1:59 am
Tom Coburn, R-OK, for repeatedly blocking the food safety bill in the Senate, leaving little room on the clock to get it done.NAUGHTY:  Chicken King "Jack" DeCoster, for not telling Congress it was his feed mill, serving two egg production operations, that was responsible for the Salmonella contamination that led to the largest egg recall in the nation's history.NAUGHTY:  R-Calf president Max Thornsberry, for calling for the editors and a popular columnist for BEEF, Drovers,… [read post]
23 Nov 2011, 1:59 am
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called for strong and specific actions to address the problem.Salmonella is found in a range of food products, including meat, produce and eggs. [read post]