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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 17. 1973
System Proposed On Plant Quality Control Program
Public comments were invited
recently on a U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) proposal
that would provide for the ap
proval and use of quality control
systems voluntarily installed by
meat and poultry processing
plants. The deadline for sub
mitting such comments is March
22, 1974.
These plant quality control
systems would in turn be
monitored by Federal meat and
poultry inspectors to augment
their own observations and
sampling of processed products
in checking for wholesomeness
and accurate labeling.
Dr. Francis J. Mulhern, Ad
ministrator of USDA’s Animal
and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), emphasized
that the proposal would not *
reduce the inspection of car
casses or processed products;
rather, it would be increased.
He explained that many meat
and poultry processing plants
now operate their own quality
control systems. These plant
systems and the results of plant
testing on products can provide a
means for plant inspectors to
more effectively monitor plant
operations and products to
determine the wholesomeness
and accuracy of labeling.
Dr. Mulhern also announced
that Nancy Harvey Steorts,
special assistant to the secretary
for consumer affairs, has
initiated plans to bring together
consumer representatives at
various points across the country
so they can view first hand some
of the plant quality control
systems presently in existence, to
see how such a system could be
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To gain approval of its quality
control system, an individual
plant would have to demonstrate
that the system was statistically
sound, properly implemented,
and carried out by trained per
sonnel. The quality control
procedures would have to cover
the full range of operations
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carried out by the plant, and the
results of all observations and
analyses made available to the
Federal inspectors at all times,
according to Dr. Mulhern.
USDA would design a system
for monitoring each plant’s
system, and would routinely
check the results of the plant’s
analyses against their own. The
approval of the plant system
could be discontinued at any time
by either the plant management
or by USDA.
Copies of the full text of the
proposal, which was published
November 8 in the Federal
Register, will be available from
APHIS, Room 1658-South, USDA,
Washington, D. C. 20250.
Comments on the proposal
should be sent in duplicate by
March 22, 1974, to the USDA
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