Comment from Lynne Olivier

Document ID: FSIS-2011-0012-1067
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Food Safety And Inspection Service
Received Date: May 15 2012, at 05:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: May 18 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: April 26 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: May 29 2012, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 8100fa75
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection

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RE: Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection (FSIS-2011-0012-0903) Increased line speed poses a risk of potentially increasing the incidence of injuries like bruises and fractures, and of birds dying in ways other than by prescribed methods of slaughter (e.g., being drowned in the scalding tank). Fewer USDA inspectors monitoring carcasses means less opportunity for signs that birds have been inhumanely handled to be detected and dealt with properly. The rule change must be rejected or, at a minimum, delayed until the issue of animal welfare can be adequately studied. Lynne Olivier