date:Jun 27, 2014
US Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced legislation aimed at keeping contaminated meat, poultry and eggs out of the food chain. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) is a co-sponsor of the bill.
The Pathogens Reduction and Testing Reform Act would require the US Dept. of Agriculture to recall any meat, poultry or egg product contaminated by foodborne pathogens linked to serious illness or death or that are resistant to two or more critically important antibiotics in human medicine.
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