The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to close five of its 15 district Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) offices.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is delaying the effective date of the final regulations that require nutrition labeling of the major cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat and poultry products and ground or chopped meat and poultry products.

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released an advance copy of a proposed rule titled “Common or Usual Name for Raw Meat and Poultry Products.”

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released an advance copy of a proposed rule entitled “Common or Usual Name for Raw Meat and Poultry Products.” 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued instructions to its inspection program personnel in an effort to protect vulnerable consumers after an increased number of products have been recalled in the first half of 2011 due to the presence of undeclared allergens or other ingredients.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced it has lowered its temperature recommendation for cooking pork to 145 degrees.

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a 19-page draft of guidelines to help small and very small meat and poultry manufacturers reduce bacterial contamination in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a new requirement for the meat and poultry industry that would potentially decrease the amount of contaminated foods that reach the public.