foreign - News - safefood Knowledge Network2024-03-29T01:09:32Zhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/foreignNew equivalency audit for UK meat was completed under EU regulationshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/new-equivalency-audit-for-uk-meat-was-completed-under-eu-regulati2020-03-13T10:14:27.000Z2020-03-13T10:14:27.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p>Between USDA’s on-site verification audit of the United Kingdom’s meat inspection system July 15-Aug.2, 2019, and last Friday’s public release of the report, Britain left the European Union.</p>
<p>The report, which contains “no systemic findings,” does acknowledge the audit was conducted before Jan. 31, 2020, when the UK implemented Brexit by withdrawing from the EU.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020/03/new-equivalency-audit-for-uk-meat-was-completed-under-eu-regulations/" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>A seafood company pleaded guilty to passing off 183 tons of foreign crab meat as American blue crabhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-seafood-company-pleaded-guilty-to-passing-off-183-tons-of-forei2019-07-24T11:19:19.000Z2019-07-24T11:19:19.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph"><p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable"><cite class="el-editorial-source">(CNN)</cite>It's safe to say 183 tons is a lot of crab meat. It's certainly a lot of crabmeat to import from other countries and repackage as U.S.-raised blue crab.</p>
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<div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable">The vice president of a Virginia seafood company pleaded guilty in federal court this week to taking part in this weighty scam.<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/seafood-processor-pleads-guilty-selling-foreign-crab-meat-falsely-labeled-blue-crab-usa-0" target="_blank"><span> </span>According to a release from the Department of Justice</a>, Michael P. Casey of Casey's Seafood admitted to conspiring with others within the company to falsely label imported crab meat and re-sell it to grocery stores and retailers.</div>
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<div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable"><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/23/us/crab-meat-casey-seafood-guilty-trnd/index.html" target="_blank">continue reading</a></div></div>