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US body queries hygiene status of Australian imported meat

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summary:A letter has been sent to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA in a bid to have them reverse a decision allowing Australian-inspected meat the same hygiene status as US-inspected meat....
Food & Water Watch (FWW) sent the letter last week to USDA Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, asking for the USDA to change its decision to allow the newly privatised meat inspection system of Australia to be considered equivalent to US inspection.

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