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AMI Supports Test and Hold Policy

By Pritzker | Ruohonen

Meatingplace reports that the American Meat Institute (AMI) would support a new USDA policy that would require companies to hold onto meat products tested by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) until the test results became available.  Such a policy would prevent meat from entering the marketplace until it was known whether or not it tested positive for a pathogen. Some companies already voluntarily hold their product until test results are known, however 26 of the 49 E. coli O157:H7 recalls in 2007 occurred in products that had tested positive after leaving control of the production company. The same was true in almost all of the Listeria related recalls.

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on June 05, 2008 (boomark / email).