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FSIS Responds to Federal Court Ruling on U.S. Pork Processing Plants' Line Speeds

May 28, 2021

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) says that pork processors will be held to a maximum line speed of 1,106 head per hour starting June 30, 2021.

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USDA releases plan to decrease Salmonella in meat, poultry, eggs

The plan outlines efforts to reduce pathogen contamination and Salmonella infections associated with FSIS-regulated products

Sharon Spielman

October 20, 2020

The USDA releases a plan to reduce Salmonella infections from meat, poultry and eggs.

Grand Strand chicken salad sandwich recall

Food Safety

Tip Top Poultry, FDA release growing list of retailers, labels in listeria recall

Recall includes RTE poultry made throughout 2019

Rose Shilling

October 15, 2019

Tip Top Poultry Inc. and the FDA provided a wider picture of the reach of a ready-to-eat chicken recall for possible listeria. The chicken went in heat-and-eat meals, sandwiches and deli salads at major grocery stores and a few restaurants.

How an Effective Ergonomics Program Contributes to Worker Safety

January 21, 2019

OSHA reports an increase in recent years in the reporting of cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) and other work-related disorders due to ergonomic hazards, which are physical conditions that can pose risk of injury to the musculoskeletal system.

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Local food still raises safety concerns

Auburn University project aims to improve food safety in local products

Wayne Labs

September 17, 2018

While the local foods movement has generated excitement among consumers, buying locally processed meats is not necessarily a guarantee that they will be more food safe than large-scale, commercially processed meats.

Seaboard Triumph Foods' Sioux City facility

Fabulous Food Plants

Food quality, employee safety reign supreme at Seaboard Triumph Foods

This Fab Food Plant began operations in September, 2017 with a fully staﬀed ﬁrst shift, processing 10,500 hogs per day

Wayne Labs

August 3, 2018

There is not a single aspect of the Seaboard Triumph Foods pork processing facility in Sioux City, Iowa, that does not pay attention to detail.

Building a Comprehensive Food Safety Plan

LIVE: August 3, 2021 at 2:00 pm EDT: As food manufacturers, we have an obligation to protect our customers and consumers from hazards that can result in injury or illness. With this in mind, how does a company prepare a comprehensive food safety plan that will help prevent or reduce the potential for a food safety hazard within their manufacturing environment?

LIVE: August 24, 2021 at 2:00 pm EDT: This webinar discusses foreign body principles and introduces two fast and effective tools, FTIR and XRF, which are used to assist in the root-cause investigation and identification.

LIVE: September 8, 2021 at 11:00 am EDT: Culture media for the microbiological testing of food, feed, or water must be prepared with pure water that complies with specifications described by the ISO 11133:2014 standard.

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Trends in Food Safety and Protection

Trends in Food Safety and Protection explores the recent developments and ongoing research in the field of food safety and protection. The book covers improvements in the existing techniques and implementation of novel analytical methods for detecting and characterizing foodborne pathogens.

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