Evaluation of the Food Safety Requirements of the Federal Purchase Ground Beef Program

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN: 9780309185325
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Medicine

To ensure the safety of food distributed through the National School Lunch Program, food banks, and other federal food and nutrition programs, the United States Department of Agriculture has established food safety and quality requirements for the ground beef it purchases. This National Research Council book reviews the scientific basis of the Department's ground beef safety standards, evaluates how the standards compare to those used by large retail and commercial food service purchasers of ground beef, and looks at ways to establish periodic evaluations of the Federal Purchase Ground Beef Program. The book finds that although the safety requirements could be strengthened using scientific concepts, the prevention of future outbreaks of foodborne disease will depend on eliminating contamination during production and ensuring meat is properly cooked before it is served.

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• COMMITTEE ON AN EVALUATION OF THE FOOD SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL PURCHASE GROUND BEEF PROGRAM
• BOARD ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• List of Tables and Figures
• SUMMARY
• BACKGROUND
• COMMITTEE’S STUDY APPROACH
• THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICEFEDERAL PURCHASE GROUND BEEF PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS
• COMPARISON OF THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS WITH THOSE OF LARGE INDUSTRY PURCHASERS OF GROUND BEEF
• RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO PERFORM FUTURE EVALUATIONS RELATIVE TO RECOGNIZED BEST PRACTICES
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIX A COMMITTEE MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES
• APPENDIX B Acronyms and Abbreviations