AMI suggests improvements to FSIS Compliance Guide for controlling Salmonella in market hogs
Federal Register Notice, FSIS-2012-0026, Compliance Guideline for Controlling Salmonella in Market Hogs has significant flaws and incorrectly suggests that current processes are not effective in controlling Salmonella, according to comments AMI submittedFriday to the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
"Throughout the guideline FSIS asserts that [market hog] slaughter management practices should be improved to address Salmonella. In addition, foodborne illness outbreaks attributed to pork are used to support the 'need' for this compliance guideline, purportedly because products derived from market hogs were the cause of Salmonella illnesses," AMI said.