I just read this article on meatingplace and wondered what implications it has on the Canadian cattleman.
Industry News - PM
USDA moves to make test-and-hold mandatory
By Lisa M. Keefe on 4/5/2011
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today proposed a requirement for beef, pork and poultry processors to hold finished products from commerce until the results of tests for harmful substances have come back.
Acting on a petition that the American Meat Institute submitted to the agency in 2008 and the priorities identified by the Obama administration’s Food Safety Working Group, the proposal would give the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) the authority to hold the products until FSIS test results are received. FSIS believes that 44 Class I recalls issued between 2007 and 2009 could have been prevented if the so-called test-and-hold procedure had been in place.
“There also are implications at U.S. points of entry,” USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said, in a conference call briefing the media on the proposal. “We will be holding [products] at points of entry, which will make imported food more safe as well. We’re creating a food safety system that will meet the challenges of the 21st century.
“The beauty of this proposal is that the industry has embraced it,” he said.
Industry News - PM
USDA moves to make test-and-hold mandatory
By Lisa M. Keefe on 4/5/2011
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today proposed a requirement for beef, pork and poultry processors to hold finished products from commerce until the results of tests for harmful substances have come back.
Acting on a petition that the American Meat Institute submitted to the agency in 2008 and the priorities identified by the Obama administration’s Food Safety Working Group, the proposal would give the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) the authority to hold the products until FSIS test results are received. FSIS believes that 44 Class I recalls issued between 2007 and 2009 could have been prevented if the so-called test-and-hold procedure had been in place.
“There also are implications at U.S. points of entry,” USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said, in a conference call briefing the media on the proposal. “We will be holding [products] at points of entry, which will make imported food more safe as well. We’re creating a food safety system that will meet the challenges of the 21st century.
“The beauty of this proposal is that the industry has embraced it,” he said.
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