The Meat Institute has backed USDA FSIS proposed rule changes that would allow pork and poultry processors to increase line ...

WASHINGTON — A new bill was introduced by US Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Tina Smith (D-Minn) to support localized meat processing operations and give tribal authority over facilities.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has, after a three-year review, approved the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) petition requesting the deletion of the Moisture Protein Ratio (MPR) ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. WASHINGTON, June 3, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public ...

The Trump administration has directed the US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to accelerate pork and poultry processing by removing “outdated” administrative requirements. These “outdated” ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is gearing up to begin enforcement of its new voluntary “Product of USA” labeling standard effective January 1, ...

The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced the recall of nearly 19,000 pounds of boxed and pouched ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. Smith Packing ...

The Class I action now covers approximately 36,987,575 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) and not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) products.

A New York based food processing company has initiated a recall of nearly 19,000 pounds of sausage, sliced meat and poultry products. Smith Packing, LLC, announced the recall because of sodium nitrite ...

The products may contain meats that they're not supposed to. Over 140,000 pounds of ready-to-eat bologna have been recalled nationwide due to misbranding, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service ...