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Poke and Sniff

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Poke and Sniff
A unscientific and largely ineffective method long-used to determine the safety of meat in slaughterhouses in the US


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During the past year, the National Academy of Sciences and the General Accounting Office have separately recommended that FSIS redeploy some of its inspectors away from the usual poke and sniff system at slaughter plants to monitor food safety as better ways to protect consumers.
Inspections by the Food Safety and Inspection Services' (FSIS) traditional poke and sniff method do not detect the most serious public health threat associated with microbial contamination of meat and poultry, according to a recent study conducted by the General Accounting Office (GAO).
 
 
 
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