USDA FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ready-To-Eat Diced Chicken Products

July 10, 2020 USDA FSIS

The product may contain soy, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label, due to potential cross contamination. A recall was not requested because the affected product is not available for consumers to purchase.

USDA Announces Retail Exemptions Adjusted Dollar Limitations

June 29, 2020 USDA FSIS

USDA FSIS is announcing the dollar limitations on the amount of meat and meat food products and poultry and poultry products that a retail store can sell to hotels, restaurants, and similar institutions without disqualifying itself for exemption from Federal inspection requirements. Because Siluriformes fish have been regulated, along with traditional meat products, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act since 2016, FSIS has included Siluriformes fish and fish products in its calculations for the retail dollar limitation for meat products in this announcement.

La Bodega Meat LLC Recalls Beef Products Distributed Without Benefit of Import Re-Inspection

June 18, 2020 USDA FSIS

La Bodega Meat LLC, a Farmers Branch, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 83,038 pounds of raw beef products that were not presented for import re-inspection into the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

USDA Food Safety Inspection Service Expands Routine Verification Testing

June 17, 2020 National Law Review

In order to reduce the risk of food borne illness, FSIS recently announced that it is expanding its routine verification testing for these six non-O157 STEC to ground beef, bench trim, and other raw ground beef components.

Lakeside Refrigerated Services Recalls Beef Products due to Possible E.coli O157:H7 Contamination

June 15, 2020 USDA FSIS

Lakeside Refrigerated Services, a Swedesboro, N.J. establishment, is recalling approximately 42,922 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.