Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and studies by expert groups have established the need for fundamental change in the United States meat and poultry inspection programme to reduce the risk of foodborne illness. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has embarked on a broad effort to bring about such change, with particular emphas...

Measures of the effectiveness and efficiency of meat and poultry recalls are proposed including the proportion of recall product retrieved (recovery rate), time to complete a case, and the ratio of these variables and the statistical evidence is examined. Regression models suggest no significant improvement in the recall process over time or following the PR/HACCP implementation. The key result...

Salmonella species have been associated with illness among many animals, including humans, and are one of the most commonly reported bacterial causes of human foodborne disease. Animals shedding Salmonella may be a source for food-borne infection of people. Under the new HACCP systems, the USDA-FSIS has identified Salmonella as a target organism for monitoring in large slaughter plants beginnin...