FSIS is proposing a modernization of young chicken and turkey slaughter inspection in the United States by focusing FSIS inspection resources on the areas of the poultry production system that pose the greatest risk to food safety.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has authorized the state Department ofAgriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to begin the process of changing an administrative rule, ATCP 55, which governs meat inspection in the state.
The current recession is a result of the death of many manufacturing sectors in the United States and their rebirth in third-world countries that are more competitive!
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday will release a new but stripped-down antitrust rule regulating meat companies that’s far less sweeping than initial reforms that ran into strong opposition from businesses and Congress.
The proposal will allow establishments to label a broader range of products without first submitting the label to FSIS for approval, should it become final.
The USDA said that if Congress does not provide enough money for enforcing a new, sweeping antitrust rule for meat companies, it will abandon portions of the rule.
It has been a little over 40 years since Congress passed the Wholesome Meat Act, the major amendments to the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on December 15, 1967.
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