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[ad_1] FSIS Assists With Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Effort FSIS, in conjunction with other USDA agencies, will be deploying personnel to assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) COVID-19 vaccination effort. FSIS employees including veterinarians from across the Agency are among those selected to assist in this federal effort, since their training and experience make them well-equipped to serve in this capacity. Persons deploying for this mission will be placed at any number of FEMA-coordinated vaccination clinics that are operating throughout multiple states, including Nevada and Oklahoma. Currently, 16 FSIS employees from across the country are expected to deploy in the…

[ad_1] Tips for a Faster Label Approval ProcessLabels are currently taking about 3-5 business days to evaluate. TIP: Egg product labels are now eligible for generic approval if the label does not meet any of the conditions that require label approval in 9 CFR 412.1. On October 29, 2020, FSIS published the Egg Products Inspection Regulations final rule (85 FR 68640), which aligns the egg products regulations with current requirements for meat and poultry products. For example, consistent with meat and poultry inspection regulations, the final rule provides for generic approval for egg product labels (9 CFR 590.412). Effective December…

[ad_1] Bravo Packing, Inc. of Carneys Point, NJ is recalling all Ground Beef and Performance Dog, a frozen raw pet food because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. Salmonella can cause illness in animals eating the products, as well as people who handle conta [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Tips for Faster Label Approval Process Labels are currently taking about 3-5 business days to evaluate.  TIP: The appeal function in the Label Submission and Approval System (LSAS) should be used only when the establishment and FSIS cannot come to a consensus on a label modification or return.  The purpose of the “appeal function” in LSAS is to provide establishments with a means to appeal a FSIS staff officer’s final label adjudication decision, such as when a label is modified, and the company doesn’t agree with the change. However, FSIS has observed that establishments often mistakenly use the appeal…

[ad_1] Statement Before the House Committee on Agriculture Introduction Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Peterson, and members of the Committee, my name is Al Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Thank you for the opportunity to come before you today to discuss the Food Safety and Inspection Service, our mission, and our people. Who We Are FSIS is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) responsible for ensuring that the nation’s commercial supply of meat, poultry, and processed egg products, whether domestic or imported, is safe, wholesome, and correctly…

[ad_1] Statement Before the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives Introduction Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Farr, and members of the Subcommittee, my name is Al Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). With me is Michael Young, USDA’s Budget Officer. Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the status of the agency’s programs and policies. I am pleased to appear before you today in support of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget request for the Food Safety and Inspection…

[ad_1] Statement Before the House Committee on Agriculture Introduction Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Peterson, and members of the Committee, my name is Al Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Thank you for the opportunity again to come before you today to discuss the Food Safety and Inspection Service. I appreciate this chance to highlight our mission and our people. Who We Are FSIS is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation’s commercial supply of meat, poultry, and processed egg products, whether domestic or…

[ad_1] Statement before U.S. House of Representatives Introduction Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Farr, and members of the Subcommittee, my name is Al Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). With me is Michael Young, USDA’s Budget Officer. Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the status of the Agency’s programs and policies. I am pleased to appear before you today in support of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget request for the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), which is set at $1.030 billion. This includes an $8.5 million increase to modernize…

[ad_1] GLG Trading Inc., una compañía en Chino, Calif., está retirando aproximadamente 98 819 libras de productos de sebo de res que fueron importados de la República Popular de China, un país no autorizado para productos de res, sin el beneficio de la reinspección de importación del FSIS, anunció hoy el Servicio de Inocuidad e Inspección de Alimentos (FSIS, por sus siglas en inglés) del Departamento de Agricultura de los EE.UU. Los siguientes artículos tratados térmicamente y no perecederos de Hotpot Seasoning (Condimento de Cacerola) que contienen sebo de res son objeto de la retirada: [Etiquetas (formato PDF)]: Empaques de 17.6…

[ad_1] Ridley Block Operations is voluntarily recalling three batches of CRYSTALYX Sheep-lyx. The product batches have been found to have elevated levels of copper, which is out of specification. [ad_2] Source link