ABCNEWS.com : USDA: Meat Plants Must Do More Against E.Coli

ABCNEWS.com : USDA: Meat Plants Must Do More Against E.Coli A preliminary review of these reassessments found 60 percent of 35 large meat plants did not meet federal food safety regulations, USDA officials said.

The USDA said it was the first examination of the so-called Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system, better known as HACCP, that was implemented in the late 1990s as a way for companies to set food safety checkpoints throughout the plant.