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... the division of wichita, arkansas-based meat processing firm cargill meat solutions corporation said on wednesday that it was recalling all fresh and frozen ground turkey products produced at its springdale, arkansas facility from february 20, 2011 to august 2, due to possible contamination with salmonella heidelberg – a multi-drug-resistant salmonella strain that has been linked to one death and at least 76 illnesses across 26 states ... cargill said in a statement that it has initiated the recall as a result of its own internal investigation, as well as information from the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) and food safety and inspection service (fsis) investigation ... president of cargill’s turkey processing business steve willardsen said: "while facts continue to be gathered, and currently there is no conclusive answer regarding the source of salmonella heidelberg contamination, given our concern for what has happened, and our desire to do what is right for our consumers and customers, we are voluntarily removing our ground turkey products from the marketplace ... additionally, we have suspended ground turkey production at our arkansas facility until the source can be pinpointed and actions to address it are taken ... “public health and the safety of consumers cannot be compromised ... it is regrettable that people may have become ill from eating one of our ground turkey products and, for anyone who did, we are truly sorry ... we go to great lengths to ensure the food we produce is safe and we fully understand that people expect to be able to consume safe food, each serving, every time

... new standards for reducing the prevalence of salmonella and campylobacter in young chickens and turkeys are being implemented in the united states ... the us department of agriculture’s (usda) food safety and inspection service (fsis) is acting on base-line studies that indicated american consumers are still being exposed to pathogens in poultry ... after two years of enforcement, the fsis estimates that the new standards will prevent approximately 5,000 cases of campylobacter-caused illnesses and 20,000 cases of salmonella-caused illnesses ... “while the industry has made significant strides in recent years, far too many americans continue to fall victim to these food-borne illnesses,” said under secretary for food safety dr ... and when fully implemented, they will prevent tens of thousands of americans from getting sick ... ” in the united states, the obama administration has prioritised prevention and risk-management in its food safety strategy

... the usda’s food safety and inspection service (fsis) has said it will expand its salmonella initiative program (sip) to support industry in reducing pathogens in raw meat and poultry ... those establishments then regularly collect product samples to test for common foodborne pathogens and share this data with the fsis ... under secretary for food safety dr ... this program will encourage innovation by the industry to make food safer while providing us with data and information we can use to protect public health

... the usda’s food safety and inspection service (fsis) has said it is suspending testing of dry and semi-dry fermented sausages for e ... coli o157:h7 in dry and semi-dry fermented meats will now be diverted to testing for e ... coli o157:h7 in dry and semi-dry fermented sausage products for verifying process controls for these products should be reassessed,” fsis said in a constituency update ... post-processing contamination ingredients added after processing have also been implicated in foodborne illness outbreaks linked to eating fermented dry and semi-dry meat products, as in a salami recall from rhode island-based daniele international in january 2010, which was traced to spices contaminated with salmonella used to coat the product

... each package is vacuum packaged and has a 'use by' date of 1 march 2012 ... the packages bear the establishment number '2426b' inside the usda mark of inspection and indicate 'refrigerate after opening' on the label ... each shipping carton weighs 10 pounds and bears the code '03293' ... the beef stick products were produced on 31 august 2010, packaged on 1 september 2010, and shipped to distribution centers and retail stores nationwide ... the problem was discovered after a retail chain reported consumer complaints about finding hard plastic and/or pieces of glass in the product ... the us department of agriculture's food safety and inspection service has not received any consumer complaints or reports of injury at this time ... the agency routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers

... the us department of agriculture's food safety and inspection service (fsis) became aware of the problem on july 15 when the agency was notified by the california department of public health (cdph) of a small e ... fsis is continuing to work with the cdph and the company on the investigation ... the products subject to recall are various types and sizes of: beef patties; smashburger; beef chuck patties; soy patties; beef soy patties; retail patties; bigger valley burger; bigger valley burger; black angus burger; safeway 73/27 retail boxes; safeway 73/27 patties; safeway 80/20 patties; ground beef; hearst patties; and hearst ground beef ... 8268' inside the usda mark of inspection as well as a production code of 25709 through 01210 ... these products were produced between the period october 2, 2009 and january 12, 2010 and were distributed to retail outlets and institutional foodservice providers in california, texas, oregon, arizona and internationally

... the us federal government has introduced new standards on salmonella and campylobacter in poultry with the aim of eliminating 65,000 foodborne illnesses a year ... the new inspection rules, which refer to young chickens and turkeys, require companies to reduce the percentage of samples testing positive for a given pathogen to a certain level ... they are the first such standards to be introduced for campylobacter, and the first revision to the salmonella standards for chicken since 1996 and for turkeys since the first standards were set in 2005 ... illness reduction goals after 2 years under the new standards, the usda’s food safety and inspection service (fsis) estimates that the new campylobacter standards will prevent 39,000 illnesses each year while the revised salmonella standards are expected to result in 26,000 fewer illnesses ... to help the poultry industry achieve these aims, the fsis has published a compliance guide addressing salmonella and campylobacter ... the new standards on salmonella and campylobacter were one of the key recommendations of the president’s food safety working group ... agriculture secretary tom vilsack said: “we are working every day as part of the president's food safety working group to lower the danger of foodborne illness ... ” in addition to the steps to tackle salmonella and campylobacter, the fsis has released a compliance guide on known practices for pre-harvest management to reduce e ... fsis is seeking comment on the performance standards and two compliance guides

... most people are aware that the united states department of agriculture (usda) handles food contamination outbreaks by removing the tainted product from the market and working to identify the source of contamination ... when it comes to tainted products that have not yet reached consumers, however, the agency's food safety and inspection service (fsis) could care less about investigating the source and cause of contamination ... every time there is an outbreak, demands for increased regulation, food irradiation, and a host of other illogical solutions flood the airwaves and newspaper headlines ... politicians and the media begin their tirades about how regulatory agencies like the fda and usda need more power in order to properly ensure the safety of the food ... none of them ever mention the fact that these agencies already have the ability to effectively regulate but are failing to do so because they are largely corrupt and wholly inept ... one would think that when the fsis identifies a contaminated product, it would perform due diligence by investigating the source and cause of contamination, as well as whether or not other products from the same source are contaminated as well ... instead, the agency simply stops the item from reaching consumers and closes the case ... such a careless approach is likely one of the reasons why contaminated food reaches consumers ... "we're paying so much money for the (testing) program, and it's not being used to protect the public to the best of its ability," explained donna rosenbaum, executive director of safe tables our priority, a food safety group based out of northbrook, il ... however, food safety advocates believe that it is the agency's responsibility to perform full investigations on all outbreaks, regardless of whether or not the product in question has reached consumers ... due diligence by the usda would also expose the failure of the industrial food system that is not only destroying small-scale, family farming operations but tainting the food supply both directly and indirectly

... the us department of agriculture's food safety and inspection service (fsis) has said the company has not complied with regulations that require the removal of tonsils from cattle of all ages as they are considered a specified risk material (srm) ... 18859' inside the usda mark of inspection and a case code number '16999 ... the recalled products were produced between june 25, 2009, and february 19, 2010 ... these products were shipped to distribution centers in mary land, colorado, and minnesota for further sale ... the problem was discovered during fsis inspection activities at the establishment ... fsis routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers

... the usda’s food safety and inspection service (fsis) is seeking comment on proposed measures to enhance food safety ... the proposed rule would implement a provision of the 2008 farm bill and is a priority for the food safety working group (fswg) ... "one year ago the president called on government to do more to ensure our food is safe, and we are working aggressively every day to improve the food safety system in the united states," said agriculture secretary tom vilsack ... "the steps we are announcing today will help prevent foodborne illness as well as speed our response when illnesses occur - two goals of the food safety working group ... " the new proposed rule would require that regulated establishments: 1) promptly notify fsis if any unsafe, unwholesome or misbranded meat or poultry product has entered commerce; 2) prepare and maintain current procedures for the recall of meat and poultry products produced and shipped by the establishment; and 3) document each reassessment of the establishment's process control plans or hazard analysis and critical control point (haccp) plans