Crawfish Concerns: 'White Spot' Virus Hitting Louisiana Ponds, Threatening Industry
Louisiana crawfish producers, beware. A deadly virus is threatening the industry, state aquaculture specialists said. …
Month: June 2017
FDA Investigates Findings Of Hepatitis A Linked To Frozen Tuna
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), are assisting state and local officials in assessing the risk of hepatitis A virus exposure from contaminated frozen tuna sourced from Sustainable Seafood Company, Vietnam, and Santa Cruz Seafood Inc., Philippines. …
USDA Amends Beef Promotion & Research Order, Updates Assessments For Imported Veal
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a final rule to amend the Beef Promotion and Research Order under the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985. …
New NAMA Glass Walls Video Highlights Food Safety Interventions In Meat Plants
“Food Safety Interventions in the Meat Industry” takes viewers inside meat and poultry plants and highlights the different food safety tactics used from the time an animal arrives all the way through to when meat is packaged and sent to restaurants and store shelves. …
Regulation, Market Signals & The Provision Of Food Safety In Meat & Poultry
Consumers expect meat and poultry to be safe. Yet, they cannot evaluate the safety of the products they buy because food safety cannot be readily observed. Even with advances in screening technologies, meat and poultry companies may, at times, be unaware that they are mistakenly producing products with an inappropriate level of food safety. Federal food safety regulations exist to provide independent levels of oversight designed to protect public health. …
