The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is charged with ensuring that all meat, poultry, and processed egg products in the United States are safe to consume and accurately labeled. This includes all food products that contain more than 2-3% meat products.FSIS also releases the food safety control upon mad cow disease (BSE). See alsoFood and Drug Administration (FDA)

In response to the growing epidemic and to advance efforts to significantly reduce human cases of salmonellosis, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced new policies for the Agency’s salmonella verification sampling program and related activities in meat and poultry establishments.

A company from Detroit has voluntarily recalled about 13,150 pounds of various cuts of ground beef and steak products that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday.

The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has warned about a possible salmonella contamination of ground beef sold at Safeway food stores.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Agriculture Department said fresh ground beef products contaminated with multi-drug resistant Salmonella may have been ground and later sold at Safeway Inc stores in five states. USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service...

Millions of cases of food-borne illness occur every year which can range from being unpleasant or even deadly. To ensure it’s safe, meat should be cooked to internal temperatures specified by the Food Safety and Inspection Service.