WASHINGTON — Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.), have reintroduced the Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act, which would strengthen the ability of USDA to recall contaminated meat, poultry and eggs.
DeRose noted that currently, the USDA will only issue a recall if a meat, poultry or egg product is considered “adulterated,” which 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.
The reintroduced legislation would require USDA to recall any meat, poultry or egg product contaminated. . .
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