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USDA Drops Plan to Tighten Salmonella Regulations in Poultry
The agency’s move has food safety advocates concerned that the government has weakened its ability to respond to foodborne illness outbreaks. “This move, along with the steep budget and staffing cuts at the USDA and FDA, appears to be part of an overall effort to weaken food safety oversight,” says Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports. “What…
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The USDA Just Recalled Nearly 10 Million Pounds of Meat and Poultry
Credit: J. David Ake / Contributor via Getty Images The United States Department of Agriculture is notifying consumers of another high-risk meat recall: nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry produced at a BrucePac plant that shipped all over the country between June and October may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. This is not the first instance of…
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