Trump is deregulating food safety in the pork industry
https://qz.com/1716113/trump-gives-pork-industry-a-path-to-regulate-itself/
Hog slaughter plants can now opt into a new system in which they can hire their own people to replace some—but not all—federal inspectors.
"The consumer's being duped," Mauer said, adding that the meat may be more likely to contain feces, sex organs, toenails, bladders and unwanted hair
Typically, seven federal inspectors check the meat for defects, but under the new rules, the required number would drop to two or three with more experience but less hands-on time with the meat. The plants’ own employees would be instructed to check the meat directly without any required federal training.
The rules would also eliminate the maximum speed of the meat lines, giving less time for inspections.
"You can't really see very much in that time. So there's a lot of contamination heading out the door," Vallone told NBC News.
LOL I'm sure this will work out well. Muh regulations.
https://qz.com/1716113/trump-gives-pork-industry-a-path-to-regulate-itself/
Hog slaughter plants can now opt into a new system in which they can hire their own people to replace some—but not all—federal inspectors.
"The consumer's being duped," Mauer said, adding that the meat may be more likely to contain feces, sex organs, toenails, bladders and unwanted hair
Typically, seven federal inspectors check the meat for defects, but under the new rules, the required number would drop to two or three with more experience but less hands-on time with the meat. The plants’ own employees would be instructed to check the meat directly without any required federal training.
The rules would also eliminate the maximum speed of the meat lines, giving less time for inspections.
"You can't really see very much in that time. So there's a lot of contamination heading out the door," Vallone told NBC News.
LOL I'm sure this will work out well. Muh regulations.
I wondered how far down the rabbit hole you could go, now I know!
