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Elsa Murano Reviews Career at FSIS Murano was interviewed by MeatNews.com shortly after she announced in November 2004 that she would leave her job as USDA undersecretary of agriculture ofr food safety to return to Texas A&M University. USDA Announces New Initiatives for Improving Food Safety And Public Health The document by USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service in the summer of 2004 evaluates the effectiveness of the implementation of FSIS' goals and examines specific outcomes associated with initiatives established in 2003. Tyson Foods Establishes University of Arkansas Chair in Food Safety
Modern Meat PBS Frontline documentary on April 18, 2002, about the efforts by the government and the meat industry to fight pathogenic bacteria. Harvest of Fear PBS Frontline/Nova documentary on April 24, 2001 about the controversies surrounding genetically modified foods. Salmonella prevalence in meat and poultry on decline, Veneman says Secretary of Agriculture's remarks reported on Food Online on April 20, 2001 Progress Report on Salmonella Testing of Raw Meat and Poultry Products, 1998-2000 From Food Safety Inspection Service, April 22, 2001 USDA Inspector General Recommends More Science in HACCP System USDA announcement of June 21, 2000 as provided through Food Online. Judge Rules Against USDA Inspection Procedures in Texas Beef Case The Washington Post reports on the May 25, 2000, ruling that USDA does not have authority to shut down a meat processing plant that repeatedly failed to control dangerous salmonella bacteria, a decision that threatens the federal government's system for ensuring the safety of meat nationwide. The USDA plans to appeal. Top Cooking Burgers Thoroughly— The USDA and Food Safety Consortium researchers at Kansas State University have been sounding the alert to consumers to cook burgers to an internal temperature of 160 degrees F. Here are some reports on the project from the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Staging Germ Warfare in Foods Article in the Feb. 7, 1998, edition of Science News about the use of bacteria to fend of food poisoning and spoilage. The article includes comments by Michael Johnson, an FSC principal investigator at the University of Arkansas. New York Times series on E. coli 0157:H7 Jan. 4, 1998 — Deadly Bacteria a New Threat to Fruit and Produce in U.S. Jan. 5, 1998 — From a Farm in California to Outbreak of Food Poisoning in the East Jan. 6, 1998 — Detective Work and Science Reveal a New Lethal Bacteria Meat and Poultry magazine Current and previous issues. |