Meat and Poultry Inspection. Background and Selected Issues

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases.

Food adulteration and inspection.

Government productivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2010

Summary:

Examines background and regulatory authority of USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and examines key meat and poultry inspection issues related to microbiological contamination and the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system, including development of HACCP, pathogen performance standards, animal diseases Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes, and risk-based inspection system. Addresses safety of meats in school meals programs, recall and enforcement proposals, meat traceability, FSIS funding and resources, Chinese poultry rule, State inspected products, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad-cow disease), and humane slaughter and the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company Recall

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Microfiche version Library of CongressCongressional Research Service Meat and Poultry Inspection

Publisher Number:

CRS-2010-RSI-0307

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