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Investing in worker safety should not be considered an expense, but a chance to increase profit and employee engagement for businesses.

We reassess HACCP Plans for two reasons. First, it is required by regulation that meat plants reassess their HACCP Plans at least once each calendar year.

In recent meetings with industry, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has been sharing how the agency will continue to use whole genome sequencing (WGS) to help meet its public health mission.

I joined The National Provisioner in 2004, and after a couple weeks of learning the lingo and conducting a few phone interviews, I made my way out to my first-ever visit to a meat plant.

When it comes to food safety, the ultimate safety of your products will be only as good as the quality of your training programs.

As someone with decades of experience on several trade magazines, including five years with The National Provisioner early in my career, I can attest to my mother’s genuine love of the meat industry.

While the total number of FSIS recalls is down and allergen recalls are down by roughly 50 percent, there are several troubling trends.

In recent meetings with industry leaders, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) officials announced several new labeling initiatives.

As a food-safety lawyer, I hear my colleagues proclaim tirelessly: “Food safety should not create a competitive advantage.”

When Andy recruited me to relive my tenure as a journalist covering the meat industry for a special issue commemorating The National Provisioner’s 125th anniversary, I knew squeezing an abundance of memories, experiences, joys and sorrows into a few hundred words of copy would be challenging.