WASHINGTON: Live from USDA: Agency to determine soon if Hallmark was isolated incident - (Meatingplace.com)
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USDA will soon begin increased humane handling observation at all federally inspected U.S. slaughter plants to determine if the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co. video that led to the largest recall in history was an isolated incident, USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety Richard Raymond told Meatingplace.com.
In an interview at USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum 2008 here, Raymond said the increased observation will occur in the coming weeks and will determine if there is a need for changes in USDA inspection procedures around humane handling.
“One of the things that we do need to do is increase our observation of the handling of cattle in all of the 900 meat slaughter plants hopefully to determine this was an isolated incident, but if it is not, we need to find that out too,” he said.
The increased observation will be done by existing plant inspectors, with additional staffing in some cases from district offices to complete […]
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