FSIS to Hold Public Meeting on Meat, Poultry Inspection Programs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) will hold a public meeting on September 29-30, 2010, in Washington, D.C., to review issues pertaining to data collection, analysis, response and transparency, and pre-harvest food safety controls.

The committee includes individuals from consumer groups; producers and processors; marketers from the meat, poultry and egg-product industries; government officials; and members of academia. Comments on topics discussed at the meeting must be submitted to FSIS by October 18. See Federal Register, September 16, 2010.