USDA Announces Proposed Rule to Modernize Swine Inspection

[PennyK]

Source: USDA Bulletin

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced its continued effort to modernize inspection systems through science-based approaches to food safety. USDA is proposing to amend the federal meat inspection regulations to establish a new voluntary inspection system for market hog slaughter establishments called the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS), while also requiring additional pathogen sampling for all swine slaughter establishments.


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[George II]

1. Need a link.

[PennyK]

4. Sorry

I received it as an email, and i don't ever post news. I think I corrected it?

[George II]

5. Thanks!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. "Science-based"? Whoever used that term will be called on the carpet to account for it. NT

[withoutapaddle]

3. Voluntary? Wtf

In the Arkansas forum is a story about a local hog farm. This is a horrid step in deregulation if it makes better standards merely voluntary. Will do further reading ty