FOIA Requests - March 2006

MARCH 2006 United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) FOIA Requests Case Number 06-265 Received 3/30/2006 Description Copies of all records pertaining to the Meat Safety Enhancement Program in Australia and its relationship to meat exports to the United States. A listing of the number of swine liver condemnations caused by internal parasites (liver spots), for 2003 through 2005. Copy of Handbook # 601, How to Perform the Live Animal Swab Test for Antibiotic Residues. Copies of all records pertaining to Custom Food Solutions, LLC., formerly Tumbleweed, Inc., Est., P17891. Copies of all records related to the investigation of Agri-processors, Inc., for violations of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act. Copies of all documents related to reported violations of "company procedures for humane treatment of live animals" at the Packerland Packing plant located on Lime Kiln Road in Green Bay, WI. Requestor Tony Corbo Food and Water Watch Dave Bromert 06-264 3/30/2006 06-263 3/28/2006 Bar-Way Farms 06-262 3/28/2006 Kirk H. Martin Custom Food Solutions, Inc. Noam Mohr PETA Ariana Huemer 06-261 3/28/2006 06-260 3/28/2006 06-259 3/24/2006 Copy of the Meat and Poultry Directory. Mary Folk The Ohio State University Erica Meier Compassion Over Killing 06-258 3/24/2006 Copies of all inspection records for Esbenshade Farms and Esbenshade Farms North. SORTED BY RECEIVED DATE 1 MARCH 2006 United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) FOIA Requests Case Number 06-257A Received 3/24/2006 Description Withdrawn FOIA appeal (Pride Enterprise of Florida). Requestor Mark P. Cohen Government Accountability Project Denis Chatelan Canadian Food Inspection Agency Brian Brown 06-256 03/23/2006 Agency consultation relating to the Industries’ Self Assessment Checklist. 06-255 3/23/2006 Copies of all reports and correspondence regarding the following: drugs used to enhance the growth of beef; information on any drugs that were banned in the last 20 years, including the reason why; and, names of current hormone drugs used in meat and dairy cows. Copies of correspondence and reports related to the investigation concerning the workplace injury claims of their client. A listing of the largest processing facilities in the United States that slaughter Holstein and Black Angus cattle. 06-254 3/22/2006 Laboni H. Sidley, Austen, LLP Michael Hufnagel Sullivan County Court House Laporte, Pennsylvania David Shaffer Star Tribune 06-253 3/21/2006 06-252 3/21/2006 Copies of all non-compliance records generated since January 1, 2005, for the following establishments: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Jennie O’ Turkey Store, Montevideo, MN; Jennie O’ Turkey Store, Melrose, MN; Jennie O’ Turkey Stores in Willmar, MN; Jennie O’ Turkey Store, Faribault, MN; Jennie O’ Turkey Store, Montevideo, MN; West Central Turkeys, Pelican Rapids, MN; Northern Pride, Thief River Falls, MN; and, Turkey Valley Farms, Marshall, MN. SORTED BY RECEIVED DATE 2 MARCH 2006 United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) FOIA Requests Case Number 06-251A Received 3/21/2006 Description Appealed the non-disclosure of records responsive to FOIA 06-026 (Phoenix Poultry Corp., Springfield, Massachusetts). Copy of the petition submitted (prior to 1985) by the Henkel Corp., (doing business as Cognis Corp.), for the approval of monoammonium glutamate or GLU-NH4 for use with meat. Meat and Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory for Texas. Requestor Joshua P. Grey Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP Tina Chen Masaoka and Associates, Inc. 06-250 3/21/2006 06-249 3/21/2006 Ray Averitt Texas Electric Delivery Judith Clark Simmons Custom Processing 06-248 3/21/2006 Duplicate of FOIA #06-231 (request for the identification of those seeking information relating to Simmons Foods, Inc.). 06-247 06-246 3/21/2006 3/21/2006 Copy of an investigation report involving a FSIS employee. Copies of all reports, correspondence, investigations, citations, log sheets, and photographs pertaining to the August 15, 2005, fire that occurred at Genesee Food Services in Burton, MI. Copies of any reports regarding any food poisonings at restaurants in South Carolina. Copy of the FOIA log and correspondence log of all communications with Congressional members from January 1, 2005, to the present. Nancy Kinneer-Luckey Nicholas J. LeFevre Mellon, McCarthy & Pries 06-245 3/16/2006 Mary A. Bennett 06-244 3/15/2006 Phillip Brasher The Des Moines Register SORTED BY RECEIVED DATE 3 MARCH 2006 United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) FOIA Requests Case Number 06-243 Received 3/15/2006 Description Copies of all correspondence, memoranda, and reports regarding a December 8, 2003, accident at Stampede Meat located in Illinois. Copies of all records regarding the total cost for all BSE testing performed since 2004, by USDA, including the total cost for laboratory equipment, facilities, and the approximate number of full-time personnel used in conducting the testing along with their annual salaries. Copies of all correspondence and memorandums exchanged between the USDA and the Japanese government regarding the recent halt of United States beef imports to Japan. Appealed the disclosure of documents responsive to client’s Privacy Act request. Copy of the report that list the cumulative numbers from the slaughter records generated from 1973 to 1983, pertaining to Bridgewater Quality Meats, Est. 8195. Copies of all presentation logs or testing reports generated from June 1, 2004, to August 31, 2004, for Pilgrims Pride in Broadway, Virginia. Requestor Jeannelle L. Horvath Thompson Hine, LLP Edward B. Vaughan, Jr. 06-242 3/15/2006 06-241 3/15/2006 Ken Karube JiJi Press 06-240 3/15/2006 Laboni A. Hoq Sidley Austen, LLP Ilan Parente 06-239 3/14/2006 06-238 3/14/2006 Timothy E. Cupp Cupp & Cupp, P.C. 06-237 3/14/2006 Copies of all correspondence and emails generated from January 1, 2005, to the present, from Iowa’s members of Congress. Philip Brasher The Des Moines Register SORTED BY RECEIVED DATE 4 MARCH 2006 United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) FOIA Requests Case Number 06-236 06-235 Received 3/13/2006 3/13/2006 Description Copies of emails dated January 18, 2006, involving FSIS personnel. Copies of laboratory results concerning lamb carcasses from the Iowa Lamb Corporation. Copies of all reports, correspondence, and memoranda pertaining to the pilot project involving Canadian food processing facilities that are exporting to the United States that have been subjected to less than daily inspection by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Copies of reports regarding the fecal trend analysis conducted in 2005 and 2006, by FSIS or the establishments. Copies of all reports and correspondence regarding the USDA’s decision to shutdown the receiving and harvesting areas at the Packerland Packing Plant located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The names of person(s) or companies that submitted a FOIA request for records pertaining to Simmons Food, Inc. Copies of all inspection reports for horse processing plants in Fort Worth and Kaufman, Texas, and Dekalb, Illinois. Requestor Stephen E. Feldman Cindy Christensen Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce Tony Corbo Food and Water Watch 06-234 3/13/2006 06-233 3/13/2006 Thomas Miller Mountaire Farms Noam Mohr PETA 06-232 3/9/2006 06-231 3/9/2006 Judith E. Clark Simmons Food Inc. Tim Case American Quarter Horse Association 06-230 3/9/2006 SORTED BY RECEIVED DATE 5 MARCH 2006 United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) FOIA Requests Case Number 06-229 Received 3/8/2006 Description Copies of all reports, notes of meetings, and correspondence relating to FSIS Recall Notification Report #034-2005 (Allison’s Gourmet Kitchens, located in Moore, Oklahoma). Copies of FSIS’ publications regarding the criteria needed to open a canning food processing plant. Copy of an investigative report prepared by FSIS personnel who visited his store on November 3, 2005. Copies of all documents relating to GRAS Notification GRN 143 (carbon monoxide) submitted by Hogan & Hartson on behalf of Percept Foods. Copies of all documents relating to GRAS Notification 83 (carbon monoxide) submitted by Ungaretti and Harris on behalf of the Pactiv Corporation. Requestor Bobby Schochet Olsson, Frank & Weeda, P.C. 06-228 3/8/2006 Melissa Corral 06-227 3/8/2006 Albert I. Marquez 06-226 3/7/2006 Leslie Oberhaus FOI Services, Inc. Leslie Oberhaus FOI Services, Inc. 06-225 3/7/2006 06-224 3/7/2006 Copies of all non-compliance records generated from January 3, 2005 to December 3, 2005, pertaining to Pilgrims Pride Company of Delaware located in Canton, Georgia. Copies of all non-compliance records generated from January 3, 2005 to December 3, 2005, pertaining to Southern Hens, Inc., located in Moselle, Michigan. Mitch Forstie TipTop Poultry Inc. 06-223 3/7/2006 Mitch Forstie TipTop Poultry Inc. SORTED BY RECEIVED DATE 6 MARCH 2006 United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) FOIA Requests Case Number 06-222 Received 3/7/2006 Description Copies of all appraisals of real estate regarding loans, grants, subsidies, or other programs within FSIS. Copies of all reports, correspondence, notes of meetings, personnel actions, and email messages concerning his travel vouchers. Copies of all non-compliance records generated from January 3, 2005 to December 31, 2005, pertaining to Gold Kist, Est. P-40. Copies of completed Salmonella sample set reports generated since January 1, 2001, pertaining to ground turkey from 58 establishments under the Pathogen Reduction Enforcement Program. Requestor Steven A. Ludsin 06-221 3/7/2006 Protected by 5 U.S.C. §552(b)(6) 06-220 3/1/2006 Mitch Forstie TipTop Poultry Inc. David Shaffer Star Tribune 06-219 3/1/2006 SORTED BY RECEIVED DATE 7