April 18th, 2012
It’s Food Safety Privatization, Not Modernization
Should poultry inspection be privatized? The USDA thinks so, but consumer groups like Food & Water Watch are making it hard for them. Head on over to Huffington Post to see my response to a USDA official defending the proposal to turn critical inspection functions over to poultry company employees and reduce the number of government inspectors assigned to the slaughter facilities.