bioMérieux's GENE-UP® Pathogenic Escherichia coli assay has been selected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (USDA’s FSIS’) Field Service Laboratories as the primary method for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) detection.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) has published an updated FSIS Guideline for Residue Prevention, replacing the 2013 version.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) has selected bioMérieux’s GENE-UP® CAMPYLOBACTER assay for use in its Field Service Laboratories.  

On July 8, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) will hold a webinar on the use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) to support FSIS’ food safety mission.

A recent study has shown the ability of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 to infect mice fed contaminated raw milk, while, separately, testing conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) has found HPAI traces in muscle from culled dairy cows.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) has updated its guidance for calculating retained water in meat and poultry products. Establishments will have until September 30, 2024 to submit revised retained water protocols and until April 1, 2025, to make any necessary label changes.

To encourage the use of Salmonella vaccines for poultry flocks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) intends to exclude current commercial vaccine subtypes of Salmonella confirmed in FSIS raw poultry samples from the calculation used to categorize establishments under the raw poultry Salmonella performance standards.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) has published data on recalls and public health advisories issued in the case of a food safety incident in 2023.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) recently published a summary of the six foodborne illness outbreak investigations involving FSIS-regulated products that took place during Fiscal Year (FY) 2023.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) has announced a modified Time-Limited Trial to include a swine study as part of the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS).