A group of Democratic lawmakers wants to appear pork in front of the congressional gathering before reopening the production factory that was behind the outbreak of the deadly lestia in 2024.
The legislators, led by the United States, MP Rosa Deloro, D-CT, sent the message on Monday asking the company to send officials to appear to the food safety gathering in Congress to discuss “a frequent pattern of neglecting food safety that was exposed to public health to the Americans.” Nine other Democrats signed the message. They asked for a response from the company by September 26.
The company’s officials said they were planning to reopen the factory in Garrett, Virginia, but they did not issue a specific date. They closed the operations there after more than 60 people were wounded in steria after eating delicious meat in the head of the pigs. Ten patients died.
The outbreak of the company resulted in the summons of more than 7 million pounds of products and the cessation of liver production at the country level permanently.
Government inspection reports of years before showing a set of problems in Garrett, Virginia, facility, including meat and fat lefts that were left on the equipment and walls, and banks blocked with meat products, condensation of beads on ceilings and floors, and garbage boxes and employees who failed to follow the required hygiene practices.
According to the documents obtained before Food safety news By requesting the Freedom of Information Law, inspectors found similar problems in all other pork production factories throughout the United States.
The US Department of Agriculture contracted with Virginia to provide inspection services at the Garrett Factory. In July, the US Department of Agriculture said the factory could resume operations, but federal inspectors will take responsibility.
“It is a horrific thing to face Boar’s head similar problems in their other facilities,” said the letter of lawmakers. “This information leaves you less confident that the facility is in neighbors, Virginia, is ready to reopen it safely.”
Swazine chief officials said Associated Press They are reviewing the message.
“In our history of more than 120 years, what happened in our Jarratt facility was the first time that such an event has occurred,” the company said in a statement. “We have moved quickly, aggressively and decisive in close cooperation with the organizers and the receipts of food safety experts to determine the root cause of the problem and implement improvements to our food manufacturing at the country level to prevent such something ever from.”
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