Statement of Dr. Richard Raymond Regarding Increased Testing and Re-inspection of Imported Meat and Poultry Products from Canada (FSIS/USDA/ 11/08)

UK moves to risk-based inspection system (Food Production Daily/ 9/24)

CONNER ANNOUNCES PLAN TO IMPROVE QUALITY COMPLIANCE OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PRODUCTS (FSIS/USDA/ 9/20)

FDA cancels plans to close laboratories (Food Production Daily/ 8/30)

Guide details the science of keeping meat safe (Food Production Daily/ 8/30)

New inspection scheme for farms (Food Standards Agency/ 6/04)

Better Training for Safer Food: Commission publishes first annual report (EUROPA/ 5/24)

Who’s Watching What We Eat? (The New York Times/ 5/16)

APHIS Proposes Voluntary Trichinae Certification Program (American Meat Institute/ 5/15)

Air-conditioner offers round-the-clock protection (Food Production Daily/ 5/07)

USDA NAMES MEMBERS TO NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION (USDA/FSIS/ 5/04)

Commission rethinks hygiene amendment proposal (Food Production Daily/ 5/03)

Codex-Angola Creates Food Inspectors Team (allAfrica.com/ 4/25)

Small businesses to get break under safety rules (Food Production Daily/ 4/24)

AP: U.S. food safety strained by imports (USA Today/ 4/23)

Imported food rarely inspected (USA Today/ 4/16)

Food contamination: time for action (Food Production Daily/ 4/16)

Official controls in meat premises reviewed (MeatNews.com / 4/03)

FSIS Eliminates ‘Minimal’ and ‘Limited’ Inspection (American Meat Institute/ 4/02)

Risk-based meetings scheduled (MeatNews.com/ 4/02)

Meat inspection consultation launched (Food Production Daily/ 4/02)

FSIS To Hold Series Of Meetings On Risk-Based Inspection (USDA/FSIS/ 3/30)

Fiber-optic light paves way for more accurate inspection (Food Production Daily/ 3/21)

Public meeting on risk-based inspection (MeatNews.com/ 3/20)

China to set up food safety system amid scares (Reuters Health/ 3/12)

OIE says US a mad cow 'controlled risk' country (Reuters Health/ 3/09)

What They're Saying About Risk-Based Inspection in Processing Plants (USDA/FSIS / 3/09)

Rule change for E.coli testing (MeatNews.com/ 3/02)

Instructions Regarding Canadian Imports Released (American Meat Institute /2/27)

U.S. food safety inspections languishing (CNN Health / 2/26)

Letter to Industry, State and Local Food Regulators and Inspectors Regarding Web-based ALERT Training (USFDA/CFSAN /2/23)

Changes coming to meat, poultry inspections (CNN/ 2/19)

Statement of Dr. Richard Raymond, USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety. Report - Stakeholder Input Regarding Risk Based Inspection of Meat and Poultry Products (USDA / 12/22)

AMI Supports FSIS Risk-Based Meat Inspection Concept (MeatAMI.com / 10/30)

IRELAND: Irish beef producers call on EU commissioner to act over lack of standards in beef production during visit to Brazil. (MeatNews.com / 10/11)

UNITED STATES: United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) responds to a USDA report on stat-run inspections in the meatpacking industry. (MeatNews.com / 10/3)

Managing Food Safety: A Manual for the Voluntary Use of HACCP Principles for Operators of Food Service and Retail Establishments (FDA / 4/14)

Wireless system monitors food safety via the Internet (FoodProductionDaily.com / 12/13)

Safety alerts indicate continuing problems in EU countries (FoodProductionDaily.com / 11/16)