In an effort to modernize the meat inspection process for the first time since the mid-1880s, Thermo Fisher Scientific presented a new and more efficient approach to help protect consumers from potential health hazards during the 12th Safe Pork Conference in Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, Aug. 21-24.
In addition to safeguarding consumers from foodborne pathogens, meat inspections also help monitor disease in national herds and flocks by providing information to the producer. The current inspection method involves palpation and incisions of organs and lymph nodes, with each carcass subject to the same inspection procedure regardless of the animal’s origin.