date:May 09, 2012
, and the need for agency enforcement actions when a SOURCE slaughter plant experiences High Event Periods (HEP), wrote Munsell in his comments to FSIS, obtained by Food Safety News. Public Health considerations mandate implementation of these traceback activities; thus, enactment of agency traceback policy improvements should not require public or industry approval or endorsement.
Bob Hibbert, an expert on USDA policy at KL Gates, also believes tracing product back as soon as there's a presump