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A hearing was held about the safety of the food supply. Topics included food processing technology, recent incidents of contamination, the potential benefits of irradiation, and proposed cha…

Government officials and representatives of commercial interests talked about public and private approaches to food safety in the U.S. Topics included the February 17 recall of 143 million p…

Secretary Raymond talked about the 19 beef recalls in 2007. They occurred as a result of concerns of E. coli contamination, including a recent recall by food company Cargill that had recalle…

Witnesses testified about the safety of food imports and the Food and Drug Administration’s capabilities to ensure the quality and safety of the U.S. food supply. They spoke about foreign an…

After introductory remarks by Steve Anderson and Tim Hammonds at the Food Safety Supply Chain Conference, a panel of government officials discussed the development and enforcement of food sa…

Agriculture Undersecretary Richard Raymond announced a planned transition to risk-based inspections in meat processing plants. He also responded to questions from reporters.

Undersecretary Raymond delivered the luncheon address at the 29th annual National Food Policy Conference. His topics included meat and poultry inspection, personnel resources for inspection,…