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  • **FILE** A store receipt with a food recall notice on it sits June 27, 2011, near a check-out lane at a Cincinnati Kroger grocery store. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. recalled Sept. 28, 2011, about 131,300 pounds of ground beef was possibly contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. (Associated Press)

    Food inspectors see problems with computer system

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture has hailed its new automated inspection system as a "data-driven" approach to protecting the nation's food supply, but inspectors say systematic failures keep them stuck in front of office computers while potential public health hazards go unchecked.


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