The American Meat Institute Foundation has released a statement on FSIS’ denial of AMI’s “Citizens Petition to Recognize the Use of E-beam on Carcasses as a Processing Aid”:
“AMI is disappointed that after more than five years of deliberation FSIS has refused to remove a roadblock for the use of a safe and proven technology that can further improve the safety of meat and poultry products,” stated AMIF President James Hodges. “FSIS cites technical reasons for the denial of AMI's petition to treat carcass irradiation as a processing aid, when the petition simply asked FSIS to initiate the process of making a labeling policy change to encourage the use of irradiation technology.