Check out this week's personnel news items.

Superior Farms, Sacramento, Calif., received USDA approval to begin grading carcasses with the VSS2000 System camera (electronic grading), what is said to be the first digital camera to be approved for use in the U.S. lamb industry.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, D.C., and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Washington, D.C., formed an agreement aimed at making the oversight of food more efficient and effective by bolstering coordination between the two agencies.

Researchers from W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, Ariz., will explore solutions to food waste through two unique research projects funded by the USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.

Holly Poultry, Baltimore, Md., tapped Merritt Construction Services, the Baltimore, Md., construction arm of Merritt Properties, to build a ground-up, USDA poultry processing facility in Baltimore, Md.

DMI, an end-to-end mobility company based in Bethesda, Md., partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, D.C., to incorporate enhancements and customer feedback into The FoodKeeper.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will launch a year-long nationwide pilot project to assess whether retailers are using the recommendations in the FSIS Best Practices Guidance for Controlling Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in retail delicatessens.

After years of discussion, public comment and even litigation, FDA finalized rules on hazard analysis and preventive controls for human and animal food on Sept. 10. So, what will be required of covered facilities as a result of these final rules?

USDA's DamWatch application provides real-time monitoring of rainfall, snowmelt, stream flow and seismic events that could pose potential threats to dam safety.

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) selected DMI to leverage mobility through the development of a FoodKeeper mobile app.