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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 68, Issue 3 863-869, Copyright © 1990 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

New food safety initiatives in the Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

M. A. Norcross and A. R. Post
Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, Washington, DC 20250.

The production of meat and poultry products has become increasingly complex. Technological growth has contributed to the need for sophistication in determining the origin and risk of food-borne microbial infections as well as environmental contaminants. The increasing use of agricultural chemicals in animal production and to some extent in processed foods has led to the presence of chemical residues in meat and poultry. These changes have caused the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), a public health agency within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), to institute new food safety initiatives and procedures for inspection of meat and poultry products. The goal is to reduce risks to the public health from conditions observed during antemortem and postmortem inspection or detected during processing. FSIS is committed to scientific innovation and has implemented several rapid inplant tests that have given the Agency inexpensive, less disruptive methods to determine product adulteration contamination.




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