The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — USDA has proposed to reduce the number of government inspectors at poultry slaughter plants in a move the agency says will make inspections more efficient and improve food safety.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said about 1,000 government inspector jobs at poultry plants would be phased out as companies take over the job of looking for visual flaws like bruises in chickens on the processing line. Vilsack said inspectors would shift to jobs more important to food safety, such as sampling for pathogens and keeping conditions sanitary.
The move could save the government as. . .
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