Computer inspection system failed as meat shipments continued: Report
A report from the New York Times states that the computer system used by the country’s 3,000 federal meat inspectors was shut down for two days this month, leading to shipments of meat being shipped out of plants before workers could collect samples to check for pathogens.
Inspectors say that they were forced to use old paper forms to complete some of their work, but that in many cases it was too late.