FSIS highlights accomplishments in protecting public health
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced key 2018 achievements in protecting public health by ensuring the safety of meat, poultry and processed egg products.
“In 2018, FSIS inspected more than 160 million head of livestock and 9.47 billion poultry carcasses, and conducted 6.9 million food safety and food defense tasks,” said Carmen Rottenberg, acting deputy under secretary for Food Safety. “Our dedicated FSIS workforce continues to ensure that consumers have access to the safest meat and poultry supply in the world.”