Following its audit in May 2015 to determine whether China maintains standards that conform with three key U.S. poultry inspection laws, FSIS has decided that the poultry slaughter inspection system there meets its equivalence criteria. This conclusion has met with controversy.Prior to and through 2008, U.S. imports of Chinese adulterated pet foods and dairy products that included melamine led to the deaths of several pets and six infants as well as several reported incidents of illness. This pushed more scrutiny of Chinese products, processing and regulatory oversight. As part of the backlash, the U.S. Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) audited Chinese chicken processing facilities in 2010 and again in 2013, which resulted in a listed n...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
As fall begins, wild migratory birds are starting their seasonal migration. That has the industry and government officials worried about the potential spread, again, of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Some members of Congress have called for the United States to be prepared for a pote...
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