WASHINGTON — Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.) have introduced legislation that would strengthen the ability of USDA to keep Americans safe from contaminated meat, poultry and eggs.
Currently, the USDA will only issue a recall if a meat, poultry, or egg product is considered “adulterated” — a term that is ambiguously defined in current law. Because of that ambiguity, USDA claims they do not have the authority to issue recalls for meat, poultry, or egg products.
DeLauro and Slaughter introduced the Pathogens Reduction and Testing Reform Act. The bill would require USDA to recall any. . .
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