date:Nov 01, 2012
testing for dangerous pathogens, and by conducting ongoing audits to ensure the countries are living up to their equivalency designation.
Dr. Richard Raymond, the former Under Secretary for Food Safety, who led FSIS under the Bush administration, went public with his concerns about reducing the frequency of foreign audits this week. In a Meatingplace op-ed published Monday, Raymond questioned whether regular foreign audits were a casualty of tough budgetary times.
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