The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in California recently filed a 45-page answer to an amended complaint by plaintiffs wishing to bring down the New Swine Inspection Program.
If African swine fever is detected in either the U.S. or Canada, while still absent from domestic swine, U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection Service and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have enacted protocol to help ensure bilateral trade will continue.
The hot topic of the day is the new swine inspection rule. There appears to be a lot of fake news being tossed around, at the very least a lot of information about how this is going to affect industry and how the consumer is being left out.
On Feb. 1, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS or agency) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that outlines the intent of the agency to modernize swine slaughter inspection.
