An Arizona-based meat producer recently announced a recall of 6.9 million pounds of various raw, non-intact beef products because of possible contamination with Salmonella Newport — by far the largest beef recall in recent history, and the largest for Salmonella in beef.
Later this week, FSIS will publish a Federal Register notice announcing and requesting comments on revised categorization relative to pathogen reduction performance standards.
American Frozen Foods Institute (AFFI) discusses manufacturing best practices with regards to sanitation, sanitary design, environmental monitoring and process validation.
In looking at the last 12 months of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recall data, we noticed some definite trends.
No one thinks bacteriophages are the magic solution for all bacteria and foodborne diseases. But could they play a key role as another hurdle for pathogens?