H I,amn*'U , r Farming. Saturday, July 2.'). 1970
USDA Meat Sanitation Enforcement Stepped Up
Simulations I>\ the Gcnei.il
Accounting Office to slicnglhen
'•nfoi cement of meat inspection
tune been adopted some of
them ne.nl> a >eai .mo the
U S Depailmenl of Agucultiue
icpoited leeenth
The GAO iecommendatioiis
,ne in a icpoit on sanitation in
meat plants undei mandatoiv
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Fedeial inspection, and in non-
Fedeialh inspected meat plants
icceiMiig optional Fedeial Rind
ing sen ice.
USDA officials said mlcnsne
sunejs icccntly show that the
plants sniveled by GAO now
have acceptable sanitation if
then ai e still pi educing meal
foi sale
GAO limited its study pn
manly to selected plants with
past sanitation pioblems Theie
foie, it was not designed to be
icpiescntative of the meat in
dusti> as a whole
The GAO icpoit suggested
le emphasizing sanitation icgu
lations to all emplovees respon
sible foi cailying out. supei
vising oi adnumsteiing meat
inspection piogiams establish
mg specific ciitena foi suspend
mg inspection and giading sei
vices and including a stale
ment of action taken in all ic
poits of deficiencies in samta
lion
USDA’s Consumci and Mai
ketmg Sen ice said ic emphasis
ol the lequiiemenl toi stnct en
foi cement oi sanitation stand
aids was stalled in Mac 1%9
Alectings weie held with held
inspection and supenison
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ginning with .Fime. 1%9. thoie
was a shaip incicase in the
numbei of actions taken In
USDA to hold up opciations in
plants in unsanitaiv conditions
When a plant cannot o. does
not couect scnous deficiencies
piomptly. the entne plant is
shut down by suspending oi
withdiawing inspection While
theie were no foimal suspen
sions before June 1969. there
vveie 23 such foimal suspen
sions fioin June 1969 to Maich
1970
Temporaly withholding of in
spection fiom entne plants oi
individual opeiations within
plants until unsanitaiy condi
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JULY 28, 1970 (12 NOON) READING, PA., FAIRGROUNDS
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tions aic collected by the plant
also showed a miiiked incicase
m the past yeai Plants in which
such actions weic taken avei
aged 99 a month dm mg the first
five months of 1969, but climb
ed to 342 a month dm mg the
following 10 months
Deadlines given to plant
management foi collection of
basic facility and equipment de
ficiencies ti ipled dm mg the
past yeai. foi m an avei age of 22
plants a month dining the fust
five months in 1969 to 68 pei
month in the next 10 months
Seventy-nine meat and poultiy
plants have withdrawn from
Fedeial inspection, most oi
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them closing down, because
they wcie unble or unwilling lo
meet sanitary reqiniemcnts.
C&MS officials said that al
though maikcd prog less has
been made dining the past year,
they will continue to dnect
then cftoits to making fuither
needed impiovements USDA
will also continue to emphasize
to plant manageis then respon
sibility foi pioducing whole
some food
These actions will be aimed
at making stiongei an aheady
effective piogiam to assure con
sumeis they will get clean,
wholesome meat, officials said.
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