Veterinarian and a slaughterhouse worker examine a suspected injured or ill pig in 2013. USDA file photo
GovExec Daily: How Food Safety Job Changes Could Affect Your Breakfast
Eric Katz explains to GovExec Daily how a new regulatory change will affect the way pork is inspected and what that will mean for your bacon.
A new USDA rule will allow pork processing plants to exercise more control over the food safety involving their animals by company employees will sort healthy pigs from unhealthy ones and identify defects on carcasses after slaughter. Federal employees are expressing outrage over the plan, saying that it devalues their work and careers and threatens the safety of consumers.
Eric Katz joined GovExec Daily to explain what each side thinks of the rule change, what it will mean for consumers and how it fits within the Trump administration's overarching regulatory plans.
