Latest News    FSIS Notice 06-10, "Humane Handling At All Entrances And The Twenty-Eight Hour Law" - Posted 1/18/10 by AHB     FSIS Directive 5010.1, "Food Safety Related Topics For Discussion During Weekly Meetings" - Posted 1/18/10 by AHB    Wisconsin Specialty Meat Development Center Formed - Posted 1/5/10 by AHB    USDA Issues Supplemental Proposed Rule For Nutrition Labeling Of Single-Ingredient Products - Posted 12/21/09 by AHB    AAMP co-sponsors an E. coli O157:H7 Mini-Conference on March 18, 2010 The American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP) is partnering with the North American Meat Processors Association (NAMP) and six other industry associations to co-sponsor an E. coli O157:H7 Mini-Conference on March 18, 2010, from 1 pm – 5 pm, at The Drake Hotel in Chicago, IL. Promotional Flyer - Posted 2/17/10 by JBW Meatingplace Webinar: Winning The Ground (Beef) War Against E. coli Meatingplace.com will host a free webinar on Wednesday, December 9th at 2 PM on interventions and testing from slaughter to further processing related to eliminating E. coli O157:H7 from ground beef. - Posted 12/3/09 by AHB BIFSCO To Hold Beef Safety Workshops In Nebraska, Kansas - Posted 12/3/09 by AHB FSIS Extends Comment Period On Interstate Shipment Proposed Rule The Agency has extended the comment period until December 16, 2009. - Posted 11/16/09 by AHB AAMP's Draft Comments On The Interstate Shipment Proposed Rule Available This draft document is available in a word format also for editing purposes by contacting the AAMP office. AAMP members are encouraged to submit comments on or before November 16, 2009. - Posted 10/8/09 by AHB Federal Register Notice - Cooperative Inspection Programs: Interstate Shipment Of Meat And Poultry Products FSIS has issued a Federal Register Notice on Interstate Shipment regulations. The comment period ends November 16, 2009. - Posted 9/16/09 by AHB Deputy Secretary Of Agriculture Merrigan Issues Letter On Interstate Shipment To NASDA This letter issued to the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) from USDA reviews the key points of the proposed rule on interstate shipment. - Posted 9/16/09 by AHB FSIS Proposes Interstate Commerce Shipping Regulations For Small Plant Operations The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) tomorrow will publish proposed regulations to implement a new voluntary cooperative program under which select State-inspected establishments will be eligible to ship meat and poultry products in interstate commerce. - Posted 9/14/09 by AHB FSIS Notice 52-09 - Ante-Mortem Verification Of Livestock Offered For Slaughter By The Establishment. - Posted 8/12/09 by AHB FSIS Directive 5420.1, Revision 6 - Homeland Security Threat Condition Response - Risk-Based Food Defense Verification Procedures. - Posted 8/7/09 by AHB FDA Sets Six Steps To Improve Regulations And Enforcement - Conceding that some FDA enforcement actions over the past several years "have been hampered by unreasonable delays" and "in some cases, serious violations have gone unaddressed for far too long," Commissioner of Food and Drugs Margaret Hamburg on Thursday highlighted six steps the agency is taking to improve its regulatory and enforcement system. - Posted 8/7/09 by AHB FSIS Directive 10010.1, Revision 2 - Verification Activities for E. coli O157:H7 in Raw Beef Products. - Posted 8/3/09 by AHB FSIS Notice 51-09 - Routine Sampling and Testing of Beef Manufacturing Trimmings Derived From Cattle Not Slaughtered In That Establishment (Bench Trim) For Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7. - Posted 8/3/09 by AHB FSIS Notice 52-09 - Ante-Mortem Verification Of Livestock Offered For Slaughter By The Establishment. - Posted 8/12/09 by AHB FSIS Directive 5420.1, Revision 6 - Homeland Security Threat Condition Response - Risk-Based Food Defense Verification Procedures. - Posted 8/7/09 by AHB FDA Sets Six Steps To Improve Regulations And Enforcement - Conceding that some FDA enforcement actions over the past several years "have been hampered by unreasonable delays" and "in some cases, serious violations have gone unaddressed for far too long," Commissioner of Food and Drugs Margaret Hamburg on Thursday highlighted six steps the agency is taking to improve its regulatory and enforcement system. - Posted 8/7/09 by AHB FSIS Directive 10010.1, Revision 2 - Verification Activities for E. coli O157:H7 in Raw Beef Products. - Posted 8/3/09 by AHB FSIS Notice 51-09 - Routine Sampling and Testing of Beef Manufacturing Trimmings Derived From Cattle Not Slaughtered In That Establishment (Bench Trim) For Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7. - Posted 8/3/09 by AHB Illinois Processor and Retailer Tom Inboden Elected As 2009-2010 AAMP President - Tom Inboden, owner of Inboden Meats Ltd., DeKalb, IL, was recently elected President of the American Association of Meat Processors at the 70th American Convention of Meat Processors and Suppliers' Exhibition in Omaha, NE. - Posted 7/29/09 by AHB Group Seeks Warning Label On Hot Dogs The group, a branch of Washington, D.C.-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, wants the label to read: "Warning: Consuming hot dogs and other processed meats increases the risk of cancer." - Posted 7/23/09 by AHB FSIS Announces Programs For Small And Very Small Plants USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service will host a regulatory education workshop July 28 in Peabody, MA, for owners and operators of small and very small plants. - Posted 7/23/09 by AHB FSIS Directive 5420.1, Revision 5 Homeland Security Threat Condition Response - Risk-Based Food Defense Verification Procedures. - Posted 7/21/09 by AHB AAMP Seeks Answers On Potential FSIS Rule Meat processors are seeking more information from USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service on how to comply with a potential regulation emphasizing in-plant data collection as a means of validating their pathogen interventions. - Posted 7/20/09 by AHB FSIS Directive 5930.1, Revision 4 Custom Exempt Review Process. - Posted 7/20/09 by AHB FSIS Relocates Policy Offices, Some Service Delay Expected USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service will begin relocating four divisions of the Office of Policy and Program Development from the South Building in Washington to Beltsville, Md., beginning Friday. - Posted 7/10/09 by AHB USDA Names Deputy Under Secretary Of Food Safety Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today named Jerold Mande as deputy under secretary for food safety. - Posted 7/10/09 by AHB Food Safety Expert Named To FDA Post Michael R. Taylor, a research professor at George Washington University's School of Public Health and Health Services and nationally recognized food safety expert, will return to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to serve as senior advisor to the commissioner. - Posted 7/9/09 by AHB FSIS Seeks Comment On Noncompliance Records USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has posted a Federal Register notice seeking comments on collection requirements related to noncompliance records. - Posted 7/7/09 by AHB