USD A investigates suspect Australian meat imports
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The-U.S.
Department of Agriculture has
ordered its inspection force to seek
out shipments of beef imported
from an Australian slaughter plant
because they may contain hor
semeat. The department has also
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further imports, he said.
"At the request of FSIS, the
department’s Office of the In
spector General has begun an
intensive investigation to deter
mine the extent to which equine
meat may have illicitly entered
this country,” he said.
Houston said that preliminary
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test results on boned, boxed beef
intended tor further processing in
this country indicate adulteration
of two lots (bulk shipments) by
equine meat. The product ap
parently was imported from
Establishment 1400 (Profreeze), a
slaughter plant near Melbourne,
Australia.
The Australian government
announced that it.has suspended
all exports from the plant pending
further test results, and has
pledged full cooperation in the
investigation.
"Since January 1,1981, some 45
shipments of meat from the plant
have been unported into the United
States,” Houston said. "Product
from those lots is being sought out
for species analysis. ’ ’
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Houston said that equine meat
was first discovered in a 605-case
lot of boneless beef at Foodmaker,
Inc., a meat processing plant in
San Diego, Calif. Subsequent
testing revealed tbat a second
shipment of the Australian firm’s
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