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When the Chairman invoked the Defense Production Act in April, to maintain essential property in production by the pandemic, he had unexpected consequences on the food supply chain.

The meat industry, in particular, saw significant deregulation. The benefits of security measures such as plant inspection standards, meat labeling regulations and agricultural pollution restrictions have occurred in the prevention of the shortage of meat and maintain the Operational industry with fewer bureaucratic hoops to follow.

Now, as a direct result, the USDA's food safety and inspection service said it would beAllow the sales of chicken meat made from birds that have had diseases. And yes, it's for human consumption.

Bloomberg reports that in July, the Agency accepted a petition of the National Chicken Council to allow slaughterhouses to treatbirds infected with avian leucosis. The infection causes a cancer condition in chickens, where malignant tumors and lesions can grow.

Not only will the inspectors will not only be necessary to examine the first 300 birds of each herd for signs of the disease, but the transformers will also be allowed to cut tumors and treat the rest of the bird.

And eating quality meat below quality is not the only negative result. Avian Leukose is a rare but very contagious disease that affects birds and poultry, and it is unlikely to be transmitted from birds to humans, it is not quite impossible. According to Bloomberg, the indication of the transmission of crossed species comes from U.K. Workers exposed to birds infected with the disease and have developed antibodies.

Parthapratim Basu, Former FSIS Public Health Veterinarian, told Bloomberg deregulation can be another major public health crisis waiting to occur. "A poorly adjusted meat industry could very well become the source of a new epidemic," he said.

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