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‘Dangerous’: With Foodborne Illness On the Rise, USDA Seeking Privatization of Food Safety Inspection at Beef Plants | Common Dreams News

Despite a lack of evidence that the privatized food safety inspection system is making food safer—and CDC data showing that foodborne illnesses from foods including chicken have been on the rise since 2015—FSIS is weakening standards in order to increase the speed with which meat is processed, allowing for greater manufacturing profits. ‘Dangerous’: With Foodborne …

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Remember ‘Pink Slime’? It Can Now Be Marketed as ‘Ground Beef’

USDA Reclassifies ‘Pink Slime’ as ‘Ground Beef’ The product formerly known as ‘lean finely textured beef’ was the subject of consumer outrage in 2012. Mike Pomranz February 12, 2019 The inner-workings of a beef processing plant in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, might not sound like compelling national news, but in 2012, ABC changed that with …

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