date:Mar 06, 2013
t packers and processors, food retailers and restaurants and consumers.
POSSIBLE PROCESSING PLANT SHUTDOWNS
By law, slaughterhouse activities cannot proceed without USDA-employed inspectors on hand. A mass layoff of inspectors would shut down nearly 6,300 meat packing and processing facilities because companies cannot ship meat that lacks the USDA inspection seal. The White House estimates the industry would lose $10 billion in production with just a two-week shutdown. Retail and wholesale mea