UP Products, LLC, DBA Meyer Wholesale Recalls Ready-To-Eat and Raw Sausage Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergen

The problem was discovered during routine FSIS in-plant verification activities when FSIS personnel observed that soy, a known allergen, was being used as an ingredient and was not declared on the finished product label.

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Frozen, Raw Ground Beef Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

The frozen, raw ground beef items were produced on December 10, 2024. The following product is subject to the public health alert: vacuum-sealed packages weighing approximately one pound containing “Turner Farm”, “STOCKYARDS PACKING COMPANY GROUND BEEF.”

Impero Foods & Meats, Inc. Recalls Raw Pork Sausage Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection

December 23, 2024 Impero Foods & Meats, Inc.

Impero Foods & Meats, Inc., a Baltimore, Md. establishment, is recalling approximately 7,485 pounds of raw pork sausage products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.

FSIS Announces Stronger Measures to Protect the Public from Listeria Monocytogenes

The changes FSIS is announcing fall into three categories: enhancing its science-based approach to mitigate foodborne pathogens, with a key focus on Listeria monocytogenes; improving training and tools for its inspection workforce; and evolving its oversight of regulated facilities, with an emphasis on data review and state inspection agreements.

The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) Welcomes Breakthrough On 50-Mile Rule For Import Inspections

The change announced by the FSIS comes in response to a joint petition by the GCCA and the Meat Import Council of America (MICA). It is the culmination of many months of work to secure a common-sense change to the policy that unnecessarily limits the geographic location within which a facility can be located to be permitted to serve as an “Import House” (I-House).