Illinois Processor and Retailer Tom Inboden Elected As 2009-2010 AAMP President

Tom Inboden, owner of Inboden Meats Ltd., DeKalb, IL, was recently elected President of the American Association of Meat Processors at the 70 th American Convention of Meat Processors and Suppliers' Exhibition in Omaha, NE. - Posted 7/29/09 by AHB

Group Seeks Warning Label On Hot Dogs

The group, a branch of Washington, D.C.-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, wants the label to read: "Warning: Consuming hot dogs and other processed meats increases the risk of cancer." - Posted 7/23/09 by AHB

FSIS Announces Programs For Small And Very Small Plants

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service will host a regulatory education workshop July 28 in Peabody, MA, for owners and operators of small and very small plants. - Posted 7/23/09 by AHB

AAMP Seeks Answers On Potential FSIS Rule

Meat processors are seeking more information from USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service on how to comply with a potential regulation emphasizing in-plant data collection as a means of validating their pathogen interventions. - Posted 7/20/09 by AHB

FSIS Relocates Policy Offices, Some Service Delay Expected

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service will begin relocating four divisions of the Office of Policy and Program Development from the South Building in Washington to Beltsville, Md., beginning Friday. - Posted 7/10/09 by AHB

USDA Names Deputy Under Secretary Of Food Safety

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today named Jerold Mande as deputy under secretary for food safety. - Posted 7/10/09 by AHB

Food Safety Expert Named To FDA Post

Michael R. Taylor, a research professor at George Washington University's School of Public Health and Health Services and nationally recognized food safety expert, will return to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to serve as senior advisor to the commissioner. - Posted 7/9/09 by AHB

FSIS Seeks Comment On Noncompliance Records

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has posted a Federal Register notice seeking comments on collection requirements related to noncompliance records. - Posted 7/7/09 by AHB