UNISON has warned the Food Standards Agency and the Meat Hygiene Service that Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems are failing to prevent contaminated meat being presented to inspectors throughout the UK.
In a survey of Meat Hygiene Inspectors carried out by UNISON, reports show that HACCP has had very little effect on the standard of meat being presented to our meat inspection members.
HACCP is a system that identifies contaminated meat at critical points within the production chain and is being touted by the Food Standards Agency as the Government