Company officials said the boar’s head daily meat plant is set to reopen in the coming months in the center of the outbreak of last year’s deadly food poisoning.
But recent inspections in Boer’s head sites in three states documented the same hygiene problems as those that led to Listeria contamination that killed 10 people and made dozens sick.
Jarat, Virginia, the plant was closed in September when the US Agriculture Department officials suspended the operation and withdrew the federal marks of the necessary inspection to operate, saying that the company “failed to maintain the sanitary conditions.” Boer’s head permanently stopped making liverworst and recalled more than 7 million pounds.
Inspectors met at that time Dozens of violationsEquipment, mold and mildew buildups, including leftover meat, in and around the floor of the plant, and puddle of blood on the floor of the plant.
This week, USDA officials said they “fully review” the plant and forcibly picked up the suspension on 18 July.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Services officials said in an email on Wednesday, “The convenience is in full compliance with the guidelines and protocols prescribed for safe handling and production of food and serious issues for suspension have been fully corrected.”
Recent report of similar hygiene issues
And yet, the document Associated by Associated Press Through the freedom of information, it is said that the major boar plants in Arkansas, Indiana and other places in Virginia were marked for the same hygiene problems, causing the outbreak with the most recent report in June.
Over the last seven months, government inspectors reported problems that include examples of meat and fats left on the walls, blocked drains with meat products, beaded condensation on the ceiling and floor, to uproot the garbage box, and the employee who did not wear protective hairline and plastic aprons – or washed their hands.
Records, which included USDA Non-Camplaces Reports, raised new questions about the company’s promises to overcome systemic problems from July 23 to January 1, and prepare about the federal monitoring of listeria contamination in plants that make ready-to-eat food.
Former USDA official Sandra Eskin said, “If there is evidence that food security problems are going on, then the government needs to ensure that the company fixes them,” said Sandra Escin, a former USDA officer, said Sandra Escin, who now prevents foodborn disease, focuses on food security.
Agriculture Secretary Brook Rolins announced a plan to increase efforts to combat food -generated germs including Listeria last month.
Officials of the 120 -year -old company Boer, a 120 -year -old company in Sarsota, Florida, have posted the job opening for two dozen posts, including a food security quality analyst, on a loud site.
The company called a panel of expert advisors with a previous decline and hired a Chief Food Safety Officer in May. Advisors include Frank Isanas, a former American Food and Drug Administration Officer, and Mindy Breshers, for the USDA’s UsDA’s UsDA’s Unditory for Food Security.
Last year, the head of Boer said that he “apologizes to regrets and deeply” for contamination and “comprehensive measures are being implemented” to prevent such an incident from happening again. “
But the company officials refused to discuss the problems found this year. He canceled a scheduled AP interview with the new Food Safety Officer, Natalie Dension. And he refused to allow Yianas to expand the investigation that he led the cause of contamination.
The brusher, now directed by a food security center at Texas Tech University, did not respond to the requests of the pork on the head problems of the boar. An automatic email north states that USDA Nominee was traveling outside the country till 25 August. She remains in the company’s Food Security Board.
“Boer’s head said in an email statement,” Boer’s head said in an email statement, “Boer’s head said in an email statement,” The head of Boar described on the head of Boer said in an email statement, “The head of Boer, described on the head, has given an unwavering commitment to an unwavering commitment to food security and quality.
The statement said, “We are working with the USDA in developing a measured, intentional manner in the coming months to develop a plan to reopen our total facility.”
35 pages of new inspection findings cover Boer’s head sites in Forest City, Arkansas; New Castle, Indiana; And Petersburg, Virginia.
The conclusions outside the Food Safety Advocates surprised, who said that the situation in the factory should have improved in that year as the outbreak was first identified.
A advocacy group, Director of Food Policy for a advocacy group, Brian Ronhum said, “You hoped that they would eventually keep themselves in a place where you can essentially eat daily meat from the factory floor.”
Rape. Rosa Delero called the conclusions “frightening”.
Connecticut Democrat said in a statement, “This is a pattern of negligence – cutting corners to protect the company’s lower line at the cost of consumers and these conditions completely disregard for food security and public health of American people.”
Conclusions echo the “insufficient hygiene practices” which the USDA officials said Contributed to outbreakMajor factors included product residues, condensation and structural problems in buildings, the January 1 report.
At the Jarat Plant, state inspectors working in partnership with the USDA had documented meat and fat residues on molds, insects, roof drips and walls, floors and equipment, first by AP.
While this year’s inspection reports were not documented by any example of pests, “dried fat and protein” were repeatedly reported from the previous day’s production on equipment, stairs and walls. In April, an inspector of the Petersburg plant reported to find conscious meat under the equipment, including “5-6 heams, 4 large pieces of meat, 4 large pieces of meat and a large amount of meat juice”. ,
Other reports connt wide beaded “on the food contact surfaces of the table and conveyor belt.” Additional reports documented the forest racks, doors that failed to completely shut down and ignored the essential handwashing stations.
The report points to a “food security culture problem problem”, Barabara Kosalasik said, “directing the Food Safety and Nutrition Security Center at the University of George Washington.
“The jump for me is an organizational culture issue that needs to be changed,” he said. “Usually that culture has to start at the top.”
Meanwhile, he advised consumers to think carefully about the consumption of daily meat. Older people and those who are pregnant or have weakened the immune system are particularly weak for serious illness from listeria infection.
“I think they need to be aware that there are issues in this organization that are still not completely under control, apparently,” said Kovalasiq.
Boer’s head faced many cases from those who fell ill or were from the families of those who died. Many survivors refused to comment on new problems publicly, citing financial settlements with the company that included Nondiscloses Agreement.
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