[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Bipartisan group of lawmakers urges USDA to delay publishing proposed rule for inspecting hog-slaughter facilities[/title][fusion_text]Thursday, January 21st 2016
A bipartisan group of 60 lawmakers is urging USDA to delay publishing a proposed rule for inspecting hog-slaughter facilities, saying the plan undermines food safety and worker safety as well as animal welfare. The proposed inspection regime – the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point-based Inspection Models Project (HIMP) – focuses more control for food safety and other consumer protection activities on the slaughter establishment than the traditional inspection system, according to FSIS. Agency personnel would focus on carcass and verification system activities. FSIS says it expects the system to yield increased food-safety and other benefits to consumers, and will permit FSIS to deploy its in-plant resources more effectively. The lawmakers, however, are concerned that fewer inspectors would increase food safety risks. USDA issued a similar rule governing poultry slaughter in 2014.
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