European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday september 19, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7panel oks streamlined meat inspection Washington up a the government As a step to safeguard food safety should develop speedy methods for detecting unsafe residues m meat before it leaves the slaughterhouse a panel of experts said monday. The panel after several months of work gave a qualified endorsement for the so called streamlined inspection system proposed by the government for use at the nations largest beef packing plants. It said the system should be used Only in plants with a demonstrated record of Quality control. However the National Academy of sciences panel also renewed the statements of two earlier Academy panels that More fundamental changes Are necessary to a protect the Public from health risks prevalent in Modem production marketing and food preparation none of the inspection systems now in use or being tested by the food safety and inspection service is a designed to detect or eliminate microbial or chemical hazards presented by meat products a the panel said. Because of that the inspection system is More attuned to assuring meat Quality than safety. A the Federal government should design its inspection programs to focus on contemporary Public health issues a the panel said in recommending development of a Well designed Hazard analysis critical control Point based food safety Hazard analysis provides a More specific approach to microbiological hazards than traditional inspection. Tom Devine a Leader in a Loose coalition of Public interest consumer and labor groups that opposed the Stream lined system said major changes would be needed to make streamlined inspection conform to the panels suggestions. A this program totally ignores the Academy a 1985 and 1987 recommendations and in its present form is not working a Devine said. The inspection service however took a different View contending that the panel had recognized the Basic soundness of its proposal. It has described streamlined inspection As a step toward modernizing meat inspection. The 84-year-old meat inspection program is largely unchanged from Early this Century. It was authorized in 1906 in response to Public revulsion to revelations of unsanitary conditions in packing plants. Under it inspectors examine each carcass for signs of disease and to make sure that bruises dirt and other blemishes Are Here a the evidence a no . Attorney Andrew j. Maloney Points to $6.4 million in Cash seized by customs agents during a routine search in a warehouse at new Yorkus Kennedy Airport. The Money was in 26 Cannis ters marked a Bull Maloney said it was destined for drug traffickers in Colombia. Two colombians living in Queens were arrested in the Case. Subpoena try in Brando Case fails los Angeles up a a Federal judge monday turned Down a request by county prosecutors to ask the French government to subpoena actor Marlon Brando a daughter in Tahiti to testify at the murder trial of her half brother Christian Brando. . District court judge Terry Hatter or. Said that the two Deputy District attorneys had not Given him Legal documentation showing that he had the authority to Grant their request. Hatter told the prosecutors to renew their request before the California supreme court. If they Are turned Down there the judge said they can return to his court if they can provide the Legal justification he would need. Opposing the prosecutors request was attorney Michael Nasatir who represents Cheyenne Brando who police said has Given a statement very damaging to her half brother. Prosecutors wanted Hatter to ask French polynesian authorities to subpoena Cheyenne to testify at christians oct. 9 murder trial in Santa Monica Superior court. Christian Brando 32, is charged with murder for shooting to death cheyennes Lover Dag Drollet 26, in the actors Hollywood Hills estate May 16. House acts to Honor indians at Little Bighorn Washington apr the House voted monday to erect a Monument in Honor of the Indian tribes who 114 years ago made the Battle of the Little Bighorn a a Custer a last a this legislation is to Honor the Cheyenne Sioux and other Indian nations who gave their lives to defend their families lifestyle culture and their lands a said rep. John Rhodes a Ariz. It comes 109 years after a Monument was erected to it. Col. George Armstrong Custer who led the 7th cavalry to death in one of the most famous Battles Between the Federal government and the Plains indians. A we can see a Story of sacrifice and bravery on both sides a said Bruce Vento d-minn., chairman of the House Interior subcommittee on National Parks and Public lands. A Custer has Long been honoured along with his forces a said Rhodes who serves on ventors subcommittee. He said a the last major Victory of the indians would be a fittingly elevated in the pages of . History a by a Monument on the Battleground where they Defeated Custer a troops in Southeastern Montana. The Bill directs the Interior department to hold a design Competition for the memorial which would be located near the one honouring the cavalry. Removed. In the streamlined inspection system the government would operate two inspection stations on Slaughter lines compared with the three now used. Plant employees would have More responsibility for removing dressing defects. The inspection service says the changes would enable inspectors to concentrate on looking for a disease conditions with Public health critics said the streamlined system would allow packing plants to Speed up Slaughter lines and give inspectors less time to do their jobs properly. Streamlined inspection has been tested since 1984 at five plants. In its report the panel said a when Quality control programs Are effectively implemented a a modified streamlined system a is acceptable As an alternative to traditional cattle Slaughter chief of a brushes off a wet backs Flap Washington apr veterans Secretary Edward Derwinski said monday that it was a just one of those dumb slips when he used the term a wet backs to refer to illegal hispanic immigrants. He said the Republican congressional candidate that he was campaigning for at the time overreacted in denouncing him. A candidates panic and they have thin skins a said the former Illinois congressman. A a she a running hard and running Uphill. That a Derwinski was in Omaha helping out ally Milder the Republican candidate for the House seat of Democrat Peter Hoagland when he made the a wet backs remark on Friday. A a there a no place in government for people who have attitudes like this a Milder said during a fund raising event sunday at the Home of Riccardo Correa an Omaha businessman Active in the City a hispanic Community. Asked for his reaction to her comment Derwinski said a a in a not sure i would have handled it that he said it was a Case where a the candidate got All flustered a and then added a a they re out there trying to win an election and they overreact to any in an interview shortly after he attended a Cabinet meeting at the White House Derwinski said he had heard no Adverse reaction to his remark. In fact he said he had attended a ceremony monday marking the opening of hispanic heritage month and had been introduced by rep. Rika de la Garza a Texas a senior hispanic member of Congress. It was the second time in three Days that Derwinski received unfavourable publicity. On tuesday the Washington Post reported that Derwinski often refers to women on his staff by nicknames such As a Little miss Coffee maker a a Zsa Zsa a a Little miss Muffett and Derwinski said the nicknames were part of his policy of running a a completely informal he called it a just one of my efforts to have one great big Happy family on my Derwinski aides refer to him As a the big Hoagland won the Omaha congressional seat in 1988 by a margin of fewer than 3,000 votes succeeding Republican Hal Daub who ran for the Senate. Derwinski said that right after the meeting a staff person asked if he realized he had used the term. He said he Hadnot realized what he said and at a the first Opportunity i
