Meat, poultry contaminated by traces of fecal matter, lawsuit against USDA claim
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is being sued by a non-profit organization of doctors who have claimed that the government does not regulate faecal contamination in meat and chicken production.
The Medical Committee for Responsible Medicine filed Although the USDA implements a "zero tolerance" policy for faecal pollution, this policy applies only to visible fecal pollution, the case says. "The result is that fecally contaminated meat and chicken products pass inspection as long as the stools on them are not visible to the naked eye."
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The Medical Committee, which has 1[ads1]2,000 members assigned to "save and improve human and animal life through plant-based diets and ethical and effective scientific research", asked the USDA back in 2013 to state that the MDC Despite the USDA's "zero tolerance" policy on fecal contamination, only the fecal contamination that is "visible to the naked eye." "/>
The Medical Committee for Responsible Medicine claims that despite the USDA's" zero tolerance "- fecal pollution policy, it only applies to fecal contamination that is "visible to the naked eye."
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The organization claimed in its 2013 petition that the USDA's fecal pollution regulations are not sufficient. It was also suggested that the agency mark the inspected meat and poultry with the warning: "May contain stool".
The petition came after the organization conducted a survey in 2011 which allegedly found feces in 48 percent of the poultry products they analyzed from 10 US cities, according to USA Today.
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The current lawsuit calls for a "substantial response" to the petition and claims that the situation has worsened since the 2011 study, sales reports.
However, the USDA said it "Disagrees with the underlying assumption that meat and poultry products with the mark of inspection are likely to be contaminated with stools," the Washington Post reported.
Officials with the authorities told the withdrawal that pathogen testing also occurs to avoid fecal contamination it is not visible to the human eye. The agency also said that other pathogens could be killed by properly preparing meat.
According to information from the North American meat institute, bacteria on raw materials is normal and does not automatically mean that the product is contaminated by fecal matter. It claims that "all bacteria, whether pathogenic or not, are destroyed by cooking."
