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# Commentary on USDA rule-making process
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2009/08/commentary-on-usda-rule-making-process/
- Published: 2009-08-12T12:36:45.000Z
- Updated: 2018-08-23T19:24:49.000Z
- Author: Denis Stearns
- Tags: For Industry, For Public Health Professionals, recall, USDA, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 09:53

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In this 2002 commentary for the July/August edition of [Food Protection Report](http://www.foodprotectionreport.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com), I write about the Federal Meat Inspection Act and USDA’s rule-making process. The commentary, “[USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Should Say What It Means, Mean What It Says–and Say It Clearly](http://www.marlerclark.com/pdfs/USDA%5FFSIS%5FRule%5FClarity%5FArticle.PDF?ref=foodsafetynews.com),” concludes, “\[I\]f federal law is going to sweep aside state law, then let it do so solely in the interest of the public health, and not as a way for the meat industry to avoid responsibility for the sale and distribution of unsafe products.”