USDA Proposes Streamlining Poultry Inspections

(01-20) 09:30 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) --

The Agriculture Department is proposing to reduce the number of government inspectors at poultry slaughter plants.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says about 1,000 government inspector jobs at poultry plants would be phased out as companies take over the job of looking for visual flaws like bruises in chickens on the processing line.

Vilsack says the move will shift inspectors to jobs more important to food safety, like sampling for pathogens and keeping conditions sanitary.

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USDA Proposes Streamlining Poultry Inspections (Original post)	Purveyor	Jan 2012	OP
"AS THE FOXES GUARD THE HENHOUSE"	montanacowboy	Jan 2012	#1
"Streamlining"- is that what the kids are calling it these days?	tularetom	Jan 2012	#2

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Fri Jan 20, 2012, 02:01 PM

montanacowboy (5,195 posts)

1. "AS THE FOXES GUARD THE HENHOUSE"

literally
what place needs inspection more than poultry? it will make me even more wary, this is just ridiculous. But of course we have to look good to the Repukians that we are "cutting government". And they in turn will of course "praise Democrats".

I am so sick of this shit.

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Fri Jan 20, 2012, 02:05 PM

tularetom (23,664 posts)

2. "Streamlining"- is that what the kids are calling it these days?

If streamlining means what this article appears to say, I think I'll streamline my income tax payment this year.

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