USDA's FSIS and FDA released a formal agreement to address the regulatory oversight of human food products derived from the cells of livestock and poultry, which describes the oversight roles and responsibilities for both agencies and how they will collaborate to regulate the development and entry of these products into commerce.

While robots are taking over dangerous jobs in newer automated meat and poultry plants, the rest still use mostly manual labor.

The FSIS is proposing an amendment to federal meat inspection regulations to eliminate the requirement that livestock carcasses be marked with the official inspection legend at the time of inspection in a slaughter establishment if the carcasses are to be further processed in the same establishment.

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing an amendment to federal meat and poultry products inspection regulations.

Koch Foods, Inc., a Fairfield, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 119,480 pounds of beef rib-shaped patty products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically thin blue plastic pieces, FSIS says.

The problem was discovered after the firm received several consumer complaints and three reports of minor oral injury associated with consumption of this product.

Topics include HACCP, sanitation SOP verification and hazard analysis.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued guidelines to inspection personal for total quality control establishments that request approval to expand operating schedules.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has confirmed that it is adjusting inspection coverage at official establishments that slaughter fish of the order Siluriformes from all hours of operation to once per production shift.

Beef products groups have been revamped to simplify assessments.