Speeding up poultry lines would endanger food & worker safety, says coalition
Proposed FDA rule would also allow poultry companies to handle own inspections
A coalition of worker safety and food safety groups is urging the FDA to drop a proposed regulation that would pull government food inspectors from poultry plants and allow companies to conduct their own inspections and speed up production lines.
"I worked 30 years as an inspector for USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service and I saw firsthand how badly the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project (HIMP) has worked in poultry plants,” said retired FDA inspector Ken Ward, a member of the coalition. “Expanding the pilot to all poultry plants will put consumers at risk by letting the companies self-regulate.”