Meat Inspection Flashcards
T/F both meat inspection and grading are mandatory
FALSE. inspection is, grading is not
Events that caused increased meat inspection
-failure of Europeans to recognize our meat inspection laws in the late 1800s
Roosevelt inspection of Chicago meat packers
-Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle
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what 4 big packers were part of the embalmed beef scandal
Armor
Swift
Cudahy
Wilson
what did the meat inspection act of 1906 do
-cease and desist on Big Four Packers
what do meat inspectors identify meat as
healthy
sound(clean)
wholesome(not adulterated)
properly labeled
lay inspectors
not heavily trained inspectors throughout plant
functions of meat inspection
-detection/destruction of diseases/contamination
-assurance of clean and sanitary handling
-minimization of microbial contamination
-prevent adulteration
-prevention of false labeling
-application of inspection stamp
when was the wholesome meat act passed
1967
what did the wholesome meat act do
required states to have meat inspection laws equal to that of the federal government
what was the original meat inspection act renamed to
federal meat inspection act
Talmadge-Aiken aggreement(TA)
plants are federally inspected but staffed by state employees
Cooperative Interstate shipment
essentially an updated TA, only adopted by 9 states so far
exceptions from meat inspection
-Curtis amendment
-farmers exemption
farmers exemption
when meat is used by farmer for his family or non paying guests
curtis amendment
custom slaughter procedures for farm animals for farmers and game animals for hunters
what are the categories of hazard in meat inspection
physical
biological
chemical
antemortem inspection
inspection for animals before slaughter, inspected in pens on premises, on the day of slaughter, in motion and at rest
ratings for antemortem inspection
-acceptable
-U.S. suspect
-U.S. condemned
-FSIS 5-04 notice
US suspect reasons
-seriously crippled
-reactors to TB test
-immature
-minor epithelioma(cancer eye)
US condemned antemortem reasons
-downers
-dead
-moribund
-comatose
-temp above 105
-obvious disease
FSIS 5-04 reasons
-non-ambulatory
-signs of central nervous system issues
number one reason for antemortem US condemned
deads
postmortem inspection
inspection after slaughter
ratings for postmortem inspection
-acceptable
-US retained
-US Condemned