US poultry industry refutes arsenic claims11-Apr-2012The US poultry industry has hit back over a New York Times article, which claimed that intensively reared chickens are being fed arsenic.
USDA delays controversial E.coli law10-Feb-2012The USDA Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that it will delay the implementation of a controversial programme to test beef products for non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC).
Plans afoot to revamp US poultry inspection23-Jan-2012Poultry processors have welcomed a US Department for Agriculture (USDA) proposal to overhaul poultry slaughter inspection in the US.