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Ask Karen app on Smartphone USDA Celebrates One Year of Mobile Ask Karen, Food Safety on Your Smartphone (May 8, 2012)
Mobile version of popular application offers advice about properly handling, storing, and preparing food to prevent illness.
Inspector talking on the phone USDA Announces New Safeguards to Protect Consumers from Foodborne Illness (May 2, 2012)
FSIS unveils several new prevention-based food safety measures on behalf of consumers. | Related Federal Register Notices & Final Rule
Livestock OIG: FSIS Appropriately Addresses Industry Appeals of Humane Handling Enforcement Actions (Apr 30, 2012)
Following FSIS-requested audit, OIG published positive findings, and made no formal recommendations for FSIS.

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Chicken from Farm to Table | PDF
Safe storage, handling, cooking methods, and approximate cooking times for chicken. 		USDA BSE Information Center
Information about bovine spongiform encephalopathy from USDA.gov.
Ham and Food Safety | PDF | En Español | En Español PDF
This backgrounder serves to carve up the facts and make them easier to understand.		 PHIS: Public Health Information System
FSIS has launched its dynamic, comprehensive data analytics system called the Public Health Information System.
Meat & Poultry Labeling Terms | PDF | En Español | En Español PDF
Knowing the meaning of labeling terms can make purchasing meat and poultry products less confusing.

 Compliance Assistance: Nutrition Labeling
Guidance documents and other resource material regarding FSIS nutrition labeling policies.


Last Modified: May 8, 2012

 

 
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