Meat industry looking to Bush to roll back rules

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Meat industry looking to Bush to roll back rules

 

December 20, 2000

 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Meatpackers want the incoming Republican administration to

throw out the Agriculture Department's new rules for punishing processors who

exceed limits for salmonella and other microbes.

 

The regulations, which became effective earlier this year, allow USDA inspectors

to slow down or even close processors for violations of microbial standards or

sanitation procedures.

 

The rules " jeopardize the reputation and successful operation of meat and

poultry companies without any legal justification, " said Mark Dopp, vice

president of regulatory affairs and general counsel for the American Meat

Institute.

 

The institute was one of three trade groups that petitioned the department late

last week to overturn the regulations.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/12/20/meat.safety.ap/index.html

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