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: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
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