ABSTRACT
The information in this chapter is provided by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) website (https://www.usda.gov/) and is only applicable in this country.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is charged with ensuring that meat, poultry, and egg products are safe, wholesome, and properly labeled. FSIS, in cooperation with state counterparts, inspects, monitors, and veri‘es the proper processing, handling, and labeling of meat and poultry products from the delivery of animals to the slaughterhouse to when the products reach consumers. FSIS, in cooperation with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the states, provides similar coverage for egg products-the processed whole egg ingredients used in manufacturing other foods. This regulatory oversight generally reŽects compliance by the large majority of businesses. However, if FSIS detects problems at any step along the way, it can use a number of product control and enforcement measures to protect consumers.
