A cooperative agreement signed by the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the state of Oregon will permit state inspection of meat products produced for shipment in Oregon.

Expanding the Food Defense standard to provide more guidance for a program that can be applied globally and creating a separate Regulated Food Defense standard to meet US International Adulteration requirements are among the changes incorporated by AIB International as part of its newly updated Consolidated Standards for Inspections.

The bipartisan bill would give smaller processors more retail options.