The US Department of Agriculture has a "zero tolerance policy for fecal material on meat and poultry," a spokeswoman told CNN. If inspectors find fecal material on an animal carcass, they ensure that contaminated meat can't enter the food supply, USDA said. Despite their questions and follow-ups, they say they're not getting straight answers from the government about its food inspection procedures. The requirement around "visible" fecal contamination belies what's going on in the bowels of those chickens, the PCRM says. In 1906, Congress put the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act on Roosevelt's desk for his signature.

Source: CNN April 18, 2019 00:33 UTC