USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed it found the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza in a backyard mixed-poultry flock in Whitley County, Indiana. The flu strain is different from the HPAI H5N2 virus that has been detected in multiple states throughout the Mississippi flyway. The H5N8 strain had previously only been confirmed in the Pacific flyway.
Recognizing outstanding young professionals in the global cold chain industry, the Global Cold Chain Alliance announced Joey Williams as the recipient of the 2015 Global NextGen Award.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) finalized new labeling requirements for raw or partially cooked beef products that have been mechanically tenderized in an effort to give consumers and food service facilities more information about the products they are buying. The labels will also include cooking instructions on how to safely prepare the products.
The Food Safety Summit Resource Center (Booth S-7632), organized by the Food Safety Summit, will return to PACK EXPO Las Vegas (Sept. 28–30, 2015; Las Vegas Convention Center), according to show owner and producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, and the Food Safety Summit.
Cargill’s turkey agricultural team in Missouri will be recognized by the company, as well as by state and federal officials, for reaching 1.4 million work hours without a lost time injury—a period of nearly five years.
This week, May 10-16, marks Food Allergy Awareness Week, a time to focus public awareness on food allergy, a condition that affects an estimated 5 percent of children and 4 percent of adults in the US.
Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta AG declined a $45 billion offer from US-based Monsanto to acquire the company saying the bid “fundamentally undervalues” its prospects.”
The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) submitted comments to USDA and HHS questioning the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s (DGAC) recommendations and what the institute called an “inconsistent review of nutrition evidence.”
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed changes it says are aimed to improve both humane handling and food safety inspections at facilities that produce veal meat.
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