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Surprises in budget fine print

...also increase inspections of school lunch facilities. At least 300 public and private schools do not receive any food safety inspections and food safety training is not required, according to budget documents. The plan would spend $210,000 per...

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Some effects of state employees' strike

...the most critical functions, such as disease outbreaks, and may not have enough staff for all restaurant and food safety inspections. --The ability to process evidence at Bureau of Criminal Apprehension crime lab is slowed. --The Division...

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State meat inspections benefit small livestock producers, processors

...telephone number. They don't know who to call in (Washington) D.C.'' Nathaniel Clark, manager of the USDA food safety inspection district including Minnesota, said the USDA welcomes the growing popularity of state meat inspection.

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Embattled German officials seek new steps against mad cow scare

...proposals included calls for an EU-wide ban on animal feed that contains animal proteins and fats, tougher food safety inspections, more government money for food safety research and legislation promoting organic cattle raising. Germany has...

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Osterholm urges bioterrorism outlay

...R-Tenn. Frist, a surgeon, and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., said they would meet with the White House to gain support for the package, which includes funds for the government medicine stockpile and food safety inspections.

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FDA: Plant knew peanuts laced with salmonella

...regularly visited the plant, including in recent years. But those agency workers were not trained to perform food safety inspections, USDA spokesman Jerry Redding said. The USDA visits to the plant were made by "contract auditors" who are...

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