Tainted: The Flawed Meat-Safety System--Lack of Oversight and Will.... Oliver Prichard.
by Prichard, Oliver; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 49Health. Publisher: Philadelphia Inquirer, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Escherichia coli | Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point | Meat -- Contamination | Meat industry and trade | Meat inspection | Product recall | Slaughtering and slaughter-houses | United States Dept. of AgricultureDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Each year, food contamination in the United States causes 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year [2002], meat companies voluntarily recalled a record amount of potentially tainted meat, including 27 million pounds of cooked deli meats from the Wampler plant in Franconia Township, in the third-largest recall in U.S. history." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article examines the U.S. Department of Agriculture's meat-inspection system and addresses sanitation concerns inside the plants.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Tainted: The Flawed Meat-Safety System--Lack of Oversight and Will..., May 18, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Each year, food contamination in the United States causes 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year [2002], meat companies voluntarily recalled a record amount of potentially tainted meat, including 27 million pounds of cooked deli meats from the Wampler plant in Franconia Township, in the third-largest recall in U.S. history." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article examines the U.S. Department of Agriculture's meat-inspection system and addresses sanitation concerns inside the plants.
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