date:Jun 27, 2012
decrease of 1 percent from May 2011, NASS said.
Ante-mortem condemnations during May totaled 10.1 million lbs., which accounted for 0.20 percent of the live weight inspected, compared with 0.21 percent in 2011. Post-mortem condemnations were 35.9 million lbs., which represented 0.92 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 0.96 percent in 2011, according to NASS.