QUALITY PORK

Providing Safe, Wholesome Food is Our Most Important Responsibility

Quality Pork
Food Chain Safety
Ensuring pork food safety is complex and requires awareness of the role that everyone plays in the food chain.
Closely-Monitored Biosecurity
On the farm, many factors affect the safety of pork, so today’s farming operations employ a wide variety of technology and techniques to minimize food safety threats. For example, raising pigs indoors and closely monitoring all aspects of biosecurity vastly improves today’s pork in terms of safety and quality.
Regulation and Inspection
The U.S. food supply chain has earned a global reputation for the safety of its products, and governmental oversight is part of the reason for this success. Federal, state and local entities contribute to our nation’s food security safety net through regulation and inspection.

The following entities have responsibility for various aspects of ensuring food safety in the United States: