Article: USDA Publishes Final Rule on Red Meat Irradiation.

Article: Final rule on meat irradiation.(Brief ...
Food Engineering;  February 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Following its approval of irradiation to reduce or eliminate pathogens in raw meat products (see Food Engineering, January), the USDA published its final rule on the decision in December. The rule was scheduled to take effect Feb. 22 ...

Article: USDA Proposes Allowing Irradiation of Meat ...
Food & Drug Packaging;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... refrigerated and frozen meat products to help reduce levels ... s proposal follows a final rule published by the Food ... radiation to treat the same meat products. Until USDA issues its proposal in final, meat products in the U.S. are not ...

Article: Agriculture dept. issues final rule on meat ...
Professional Safety;  February 1, 2000 ;     419 words ... ... FSIS), has issued a final rule on meat and poultry irradiation ... are consistent with the final rule for meat. "Ionizing ... and poultry" Under the final rule, which takes effect ... establishments that irradiate meat products must maintain various ...

Article: Court Blocks Safety Labels on Meat Products
The Washington Post;  October 15, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... handling instructions on labels of meat products. But the decision throws the future ... comment period of 30 to 90 days; after a final rule is issued, there usually is a six ... Agriculture Department issued an "interim final rule" on labeling, allowed for an expedited ...

Article: Group says raise standards for precooked meat ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  April 23, 1999 ;     464 words ... ... Thursday. "There is a clear benefit for irradiation of ready-to-eat meat products," said Dennis Olson, director of the Utilization Center for Agricultural ... USDA is accepting public comment on the proposal before issuing its final rule.

Article: Interim rule for listeria unveiled.(U.S. Department of ...
Feedstuffs;  June 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... contamination in ready-to-eat (RTE) meat products such as hot dogs and deli meats on June ... because it is an interim rather than a final rule, public comment on potential refinements ... more than a decade. "This interim final rule is a lengthy document that NFPA will ...

Article: USDA Final Rule on Addition of Chile to List of ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 4, 2006 ;     315 words ... ... Marketing Service has transmitted, pursuant to law, the Department's final rule - Addition of Chile to the List of Countries Eligible to Export Meat and Meat Products to the United States. The document [Docket No. 02-019F] (RIN: 0583 ...