USDA said it “disagrees with the underlying assumption that meat and poultry products bearing the mark of inspection are likely to be contaminated with feces.”
By Kimberly Kindy Kimberly Kindy National investigative reporter Email Bio April 17 at 6:00 AM A group of doctors has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, pushing for new rules to prohibit the sale of raw poultry, pork and beef that contain traces of animal waste — something that is currently allowed under law.
“Americans deserve fair notice that food products deemed ‘wholesome’ by USDA would be deemed disgusting by the average consumer and adulterated under any reasonable reading of federal law,” the group said in a 2013 petition it filed with the USDA, seeking the changes. “Visible fecal contamination is considered a food safety defect that can be removed by trimming” off the area of contamination and by cleaning the area with antibacterial chemicals.
The legal action comes days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that E. coli-contaminated ground beef was the suspected culprit in an outbreak that has infected at least 109 people in six states. CDC says 17 people have been hospitalized, though no deaths have been reported.
“It’s no surprise that the pseudo-medical animal rights group Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine doesn’t know the difference between fecal contamination and bacteria on meat products,” McCullough said. “Bacteria like E.coli are naturally present in the environment as numerous studies on all types of items from foods to phones, keyboards and toothbrushes have shown. This does not mean any of those items are contaminated with feces.
The Physicians Committee filed its petition after it conducted a series of tests on chicken products purchased in grocery stories across the nation. In 2011, the group tested 120 chicken products sold by 15 grocery store chains in 10 U.S. cities for the presence of fecal bacteria. Forty-eight percent of the products tested positive, the group said. In April 2012, it tested chicken products purchased in an additional 10 grocery stores around the country: 48 percent tested positive.
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