date:Nov 12, 2012
A former poultry inspector is calling on the government not to shift the responsibility of poultry inspection from federal inspectors to companies, a move being considered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Since 1998, USDAs Food Safety and Inspection Service has been testing out a poultry inspection system called the HACCP Based Inspection Models Project, or HIMP. Under HIMP, company-employed inspectors would largely replace federal inspectors on bird processing lines. Only one federal ins