Alas – here we go again. What does All Natural mean to you? The current adage is ask 10 people and get 10 different answers. Actually whether you know what all natural means also depends largely upon your background and your knowledge. As anyone who reads this site regularly, you know that my background is […]
I recently had the opportunity to participate in a Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture update of the proposed rules from the Food Safety Modernization Act related to animal feed manufacture and transport. The speaker was a representative from the FDA qualified to speak on the subject and he did his level best to provide everything that […]
I was on vacation in New Mexico last week. A nice dose of Vitamin D and 60 plus degree weather and the snowstorm forecast for Sunday – Tuesday seems a little less daunting. The subzero temperatures on a daily basis, however, I am completely done with. Give me 100 over 0 any day. While in […]
January 4 marked the 3 year anniversary of the signing of the Food Safety Modernization Act. Here is the grand moment for anyone wishing to relive it. At the time it was touted as the most sweeping legislative change since the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act. So, 3 years later, has it been? Anyone conducting […]
USDA-FSIS and the broiler industry have been in the news a lot lately. Last week there was this: Salmonella Action Plan Which is 86% broiler related, most of the rest turkey and then, bam, right there in the middle, is one small paragraph talking about hogs. Not sure if they were trying to hide it […]
As detailed in the following information from Feedstuffs the FDA will be required to meet the originally published deadline of November 30, 2013 for draft rules. Draft Rules Release Date I’m torn with rather this is good or bad news. On one hand, I’d like to get everything out in the open so that we […]
Wow – it’s been a busy week for USDA and FDA news threads. So many recalls that even my husband started to take note. In case you missed you – here’s a summary with the relevant details: USDA Announced Recalls: October 22, 2013 – Reser’s announces an all encompassing recall of 22,800 of various fully […]
curiouser and curiouser…….. USDA Threatens Withholding Consumer Reports weighs in
FSIS Health Alert In a fairly unprecedented move (during the government slowdown no less) FSIS has issued a health alert for raw poultry coming from several Foster Farms facilities in California. Me, being no stranger to Salmonella, FSIS or chickens, find the whole thing a bit puzzling and I will be watching this closely. […]
How’s that for an attention getting headline? I’m certain that’s what the Washington Post was going for when they published this article in their on-line Politics page this morning. You can read the whole, fairly inaccurate and definitely sensational, article here. WAPO Article It took FSIS approximately 30 minutes before they found the article and […]