DOJ is OK with Supreme Court review of DeCoster sentences By Dan Flynn  Government attorneys who just days ago were on the verge of sending Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son Peter DeCoster to federal prison have now agreed the egg men should remain free long enough to allow the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the case. On behalf of the DeCosters, Peter D. Keisler, the former acting Attorney... Continue Reading
Illnesses linked to Costco chicken salad in Washington By News Desk  Less than a year after Costco recalled chicken salad that sickened people across seven states another outbreak linked to the club store's rotisserie chicken salad has been revealed — more than a month after the suspect food was sold. Only one Costco store was implicated as of Sunday when the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection... Continue Reading
Restaurant study group calls for back-to-basics approach By Jim Mann  A record setting number of attendees for the National Restaurant Association's Quality Assurance Study Group's annual session filled the Millennium Conference Room at Loews Philadelphia Hotel this past week for a three-day introspection of the industry's food safety policies and practices. Day 1 was headlined with a keynote address by Frank Yiannas, Wal-Mart's vice president... Continue Reading
Traffic through Almanza's office didn't slow in summer months By Dan Flynn  Who spent time this summer with Al Almanza, USDA's deputy under secretary for food safety and its acting administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service? Industry and union representatives, foreign dignitaries, a former boss, and a few others. Almanza's "public calendar" has been updated through September, detailing his meetings with people outside the federal... Continue Reading
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently posted a warning letter that went out to Royal Lagoon Seafood Inc. of Theodore, AL. FDA’s New Orleans District Office wrote to the company on Sept. 22 to say that an inspection of its seafood processing facility on June 28 and 29 found “serious violations” of both the... 
