Food Safety

RSS

Findings showed that vaccination with BBS 866 or AviPro Megan Egg significantly reduced colonization by S. Reading in turkeys, indicating that these vaccines are cross-protective and could be a pre-harvest intervention strategy against this serovar.

Nine tips for meat processors to incorporate into their safety protocols.

These impending changes regarding Salmonella are largely due to illnesses believed to be caused by customer confusion on the status of the products.

The product contains shellfish (shrimp), a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label.

The BRCGS standards are now in their 9th edition, as they evolve and change over time.

The FDA is issuing this alert advising consumers to not eat, and restaurants and food retailers to not sell, oysters harvested between 11/17/2022 and 12/7/2022 from harvest area TX 1, Galveston Bay, Texas due to possible norovirus contamination.

As of Dec. 14, 2022, CDC announced that the outbreak is over. CDC reports a total of 39 illnesses in four states, and the last illness onset was Oct. 23, 2022.

Opportunities include Understanding and Implementing Updated Appendix A&B Guidelines, Foreign Material Prevention & Control Workshop, Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit and Securing the Future of Meat: Sustainability, Innovation and the Next Big Thing.

Lily Edwards-Callaway, Ph.D., will oversee development and implementation of the animal health and welfare program for Bion’s sustainable beef projects.

The new report shows further improved antibiotic stewardship and commitment to disease prevention within poultry production.