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  • Food Safety
  • Veterinary Public Health
  • Risk Assessment

Background:

  • Traditional postmortem meat inspection practices may not align with current disease prevalence or risk.
  • Current inspection resource allocation may be inefficient and not risk-based.
  • International trade requires scientifically evaluated and equivalent inspection programs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To advocate for a risk-based approach to postmortem meat inspection.
  • To highlight the limitations of traditional inspection methods.
  • To promote the adoption of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluating postmortem inspection procedures using a risk assessment model.
  • Comparing traditional inspection with Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP).
  • Analyzing the relative threats of visible diseases versus microbiological contamination.

Main Results:

  • Risk assessment models can scientifically evaluate inspection procedures and facilitate international program recognition.
  • The threat from grossly evident diseases is often overemphasized compared to microbiological contamination.
  • Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) offers a scientifically based system for process control.

Conclusions:

  • Postmortem inspection resource allocation should be risk-based, not solely traditional.
  • Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) is a superior, scientifically-based system for meat safety control.
  • Integrating slaughterhouse data with farm practices enhances preventative food safety measures.