OTTAWA -- At the same time as Ottawa considers loosening regulations for slaughterhouses, the federal agency tasked with protecting food in Canada is having its budget slashed.

WASHINGTON -- Raj Foods LLC., a Houston, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 3,300 pounds of Halal beef samosa products because a meat ingredient used in the product may have been produced in a facility that is not federally inspected, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Gary and Joy Edges just returned from a cruise without a care in the world. 

"Did you take extra precautions washing your hands or anything like that?" asked ABC Action News anchor Wendy Ryan. 

"God no! We don't live that kind of life. Our kids eat dirt off the floor so no, that would never be us," Joy Edges responded.

Last week, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a series of prevention-based food safety policy measures, including a final rule designed to make FSIS aware of adulterated or misbranded food in the supply chain that is similar to FDA’s Reportable Food Registry; a proposed rule for earlier, more expansive traceback for E.