The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s new regulatory system for market hogs is a direct descendant of the food safety reforms first put in place after the Jack-in-the-Box tragedy 25 years ago.
FSIS made it official Tuesday by sending the “final rule” to the publisher of the Federal Register. It was approved Friday by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Mindy Brashears, USDA’s deputy undersecretary for food safety, believes the New Swine Inspection System (NSIS) is another food safety improvement with a long ancestry.
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