FSIS Office of Policy and Program Devekopment

After waiting a year, petitioner asks nicely for a second time

If you can always ask, you can always ask again. And asking again is the tactic the Animal Welfare Institute is taking with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Jun 2024

After waiting a year, petitioner asks nicely for a second time

Food safety requires foreign meat inspections within 50 miles of the border

The petition by the Meat Import Council of America (MICA) and the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) to allow grants of inspections for foreign meat “beyond a 50-mile geographic radius

By Dan Flynn

/ 18 Dec 2023

Food safety requires foreign meat inspections within 50 miles of the border

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FSIS Office of Policy and Program Devekopment

After waiting a year, petitioner asks nicely for a second time

Food safety requires foreign meat inspections within 50 miles of the border

Your Support Protects Public Health