date:Jul 04, 2012
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USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Elisabeth Hagen said:The new testing methods being announced today will help protect consumers from illegal drug residues in meat products. By allowing us to test for more chemical compounds from each sample, these changes will enable USDA to identify and evaluate illegal drug residues more effectively and efficiently.
FSIS is also increasing the annual number of samples per slaughter class from 300 to 800. Any plants with samples that exceed