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Closing of 259 USDA offices raises safety concerns

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DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Agri­cul­ture Depart­ment announced Mon­day it will close nearly 260 offices nation­wide, a move that won praise for cut­ting costs but raised con­cerns about the pos­si­ble effect on food safety.

Jan 11 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

USDA lowers pork’s safe cooking temp

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The U.S. Depart­ment of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspec­tion Ser­vice will announce Tues­day that it has low­ered its tem­per­a­ture rec­om­men­da­tion for cook­ing pork to 145 degrees. That’s a change from the agency’s long­stand­ing guide­line and means pork will be held to the same stan­dard as beef, veal and lamb.

May 24 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

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