USDA is making a change in inspection system for pork industry
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is ready to take another step in modifying the rules of food safety for pork businesses in the US.
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, while also requiring additional pathogen sampling for all swine slaughter establishments.
The US watchdog considers that the new rule allows innovation and flexibility to establishments that are slaughtering market hogs. Market hogs are uniform, healthy, young animals that can be slaughtered and processed in this modernized system more efficiently and effectively with enhanced process control.
“FSIS is excited to continue modernizing inspection practices while allowing opportunities for industry to innovate and streamline food production, There is no single technology or process to address the problem of foodborne illness, but when we focus our inspections on food safety-related tasks, we better protect American families.”, said Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety Carmen Rottenberg.
n this proposal, USDA would also amend the regulations that apply to all establishments that slaughter swine. The new requirements would ensure that establishments implement measures to control enteric pathogens that can cause foodborne illness.
Under the new regulation, all swine slaughter establishments would be required to implement appropriate measures to prevent contamination throughout the entire production process in their Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plans, Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (Sanitation SOPs), or other prerequisite programs
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