Tyson Foods Just Got Rid of This Important Food Safety Measure

pa href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tyson-foods-just-got-rid-205935400.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/hUTffF3BifGpW6Usy37GCQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/galvanized/40661711276cf2aa72b99c18f2b1b85d" width="130" height="86" alt="Tyson Foods Just Got Rid of This Important Food Safety Measure" align="left" title="Tyson Foods Just Got Rid of This Important Food Safety Measure" border="0" /aTyson Foods recently announced it would replace more than a dozen federal food safety inspectors with company employees at a beef plant in Holcomb, Kans. Though Tyson obtained a waiver from the federal government to do so, food safety experts have expressed concerns about increased deregulation and transparency.In September, the Trump administration significantly rolled back safety inspection requirements in place for domestic egg producing plants. The new rule removed full-time government inspectors from food processing plants, shifting responsibility to company employees. Now, one of the nation#39;s largest meat producers has also followed suit. (Related: 8 Grocery Items That May Soon Be in Short Supply.)The USDA issued the waiver in accordance with a rule whose purpose is quot;to permit experimentation so that new procedures, equipment, and/or processing techniques may be tested to facilitate definite improvements.quot; The waiver will pertain to several of the Holcomb plant#39;s regulatory functions, including microbiological testing, line speed, and inspection staffing. While Tyson intends to employ quot;vision systems and machine learning in beef carcass inspection,quot; the company#39;s public waiver application allegedly doesn#39;t mention those technologies. (Related: New USDA Ruling Allows for Chicken to Be Produced From Diseased Birds.)The U.S. Department of Agriculture told Reuters that it would continue to inspect animal carcasses and parts as Tyson undertakes quot;quality assurance and trimming tasks.quot; Tyson#39;s waiver application claimed that the changes to the inspection process would not negatively affect food safety.For more news on food safety, be sure to read up on The FDA Just Released These 6 New Food Safety Tips.pbr clear="all"