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General Meat and Poultry Products and Contaminants

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General Meat and Poultry Products and Other Contaminants

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	United Kingdom Food Standards Agency	Metals and Other Elements in Offal and Offal Products Survey providing the levels of aluminium, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, selenium, thallium and zinc in 165 offal and offal products in the UK. (more) Deadline: Thursday, July 27, 2006 Publication Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2006	Jul 27, 2006
	Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain on a Request from the Commission Related to Cadmium as Undesirable Substance in Animal Feed. (Question No EFSA-Q-2003-033) Opinion adopted on June 2, 2004 regarding cadmium in animal feed, including discussion of exposure of humans to cadmium through animal products and other products. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2004	Jun 18, 2004
	Office of Plant and Dairy Foods, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Exploratory Data on Furan in Food Exploratory data from FDA's survey of furan levels in food samples. Product categories sampled include baby foods, infant formulas, coffee, mixtures, fish, canned fruit, fruit juices, and vegetables, bread, meats, nuts and nut butters, and more. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2005	May 10, 2004
	Directorate F - Food and Veterinary Office, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	General Guidance for Third Country Authorities on the Procedures to be Followed When Importing Live Animals and Animal Products into the European Union This document provides guidance to national authorities in third countries regarding EU legislation on importing live animals and products of animal origin from third countries. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2003	Oct 9, 2003
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	FSIS Safety and Security Guidelines for the Transportation and Distribution of Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products This document presents voluntary guidelines to prevent the contamination of meat, poultry, and egg products during transportation and storage. It is designed to assist small facilities and shippers in preventing physical, chemical, radiological, or microbiological contamination (including contamination from criminal or terrorist actions). (more) Publication Date: Monday, August 4, 2003	Aug 4, 2003
	Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	2002 FSIS National Residue Program: The Blue Book Description of the planning process, Domestic Monitoring Plan and Special Projects and Import Residue Plan for the 2002 FSIS National Residue Program (NRP). Appendices include "Tissues to be Collected for Analysis, 2002 FSIS National Residue Program," "U.S. Residue Limits for Veterinary Drugs and Unavoidable Contaminants in Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products," "U.S. Residue Limits for Pesticides in Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products," and "Analytical Methods, 2002 FSIS National Residue Program". (more) Publication Year: 2002	Jun 2, 2003
	Accredited Laboratory Program, Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Accredited Laboratory Program This program accredits nonfederal analytical chemistry laboratories to analyze meat and poultry food products for moisture, protein, fat, and salt (MPFS) content, and/or certain specific classes of chemical residues. The web page contains information about accreditation requirements, a listing of accredited laboratories, and more. (more)	Aug 8, 2002
	Emerging Issues Branch, Chemistry and Toxicology Division, Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	2000 National Residue Program Data: The Red Book 2000 National Residue Program Domestic Residue Data of drug and pesticide residues and environmental contaminants in meat, poultry, and egg products. Earlier years' data also available. (more) Publication Year: 2000	Aug 31, 2001

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