The legislation has been reintroduced to expand local beef sales and reduce red tape for small meat processors.

Oregonians have few options if they want to buy locally-raised cuts of meat from smaller producers. A state program is trying to change that, but advocates and farmers say the Legislature needs to ...

U.S. audits of foreign country inspection systems for equivalency with America’s food safety regulations, such as the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the ...

State-inspected meat and poultry sold on the internet could soon be crossing state lines, as the federal government embraces “direct to consumer” sales.

The U.S Department of Agriculture has confirmed the recall of approximately 32,000 pounds of meat products because they were not properly inspected. The USDA classified the recall as Class I, the ...

(AP) — U.S. Agriculture Department officials have launched an internal investigation into how the agency handled reports of serious problems at a Boar's Head deli meat plant tied to a deadly listeria ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Lawmakers and the governor made it a priority last session to pass a bill to help more New Mexico livestock be processed and inspected in the state. Now, months since it took ...

A New Jersey-based company, Sabrositos Hondurenos, LLC, is recalling about 32,000 pounds of various meat products with a false USDA mark of inspection, meaning the meats didn't go through proper ...