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XL Foods Imported Canadian Raw Boneless Beef Trim Retail Distribution List

October 4, 2012 by foodsafeguru

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) testing of raw boneless beef trim product from Canadian Establishment 038, XL Foods, Inc., confirmed positive for E. coli O157:H7 on September 3, 2012. After alerting the CFIA of the positive results, the agencies launched an investigation including additional testing, and CFIA announced a recall by XL Foods, […]

Tony Wasmund, Manager Of Egg Farm Behind Outbreak, Pleads Guilty To Bribing USDA Inspector

September 14, 2012 by foodsafeguru

By RYAN J. FOLEY IOWA CITY, Iowa — A manager at the Iowa egg farms linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010 pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in a conspiracy to bribe a federal inspector to allow the sale of unapproved eggs. Former DeCoster Farms manager Tony Wasmund acknowledged he conspired with at […]

Slaughterhouse Accused of Abuse Again Selling Meat for School Lunches

September 11, 2012 by foodsafeguru

By Melissa Palmer A Central California cattle slaughterhouse that came under fire and was temporarily shut down after undercover video showed abuse of cows has resumed sales of meat to a federal program that supplies school lunches. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that it had begun purchasing beef again from Central Valley Meat Co. […]

Tell the USDA: No GE Apples!

August 29, 2012 by foodsafeguru

A Canadian company is asking the USDA to approve a genetically engineered (GE) apple that will not brown when sliced. We know that sliced apples turn brown when they’re exposed to oxygen, but they don’t lose any flavor or nutritional value, and not even the apple industry wants this genetically engineered product. Sign the […]

CA slaughterhouse gets USDA approval to reopen.

August 29, 2012 by foodsafeguru

Federal regulators said a California slaughterhouse shut down because of cruelty and food safety allegations can reopen. Central Valley Meat said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved the Hanford plant’s plan of corrective actions and gave the OK to reopen August 27. A telephone voice recording told the firm’s 450 employees to report for […]