The Border Check: What USDA Actually Inspects on 6.5 Billion Pounds of Imported Meat
Every imported carton of meat must declare its country of origin at the dock. Almost none of that survives to the meat case. A five-year review of FSIS import reinspection, foreign-system equivalence, and the oversight record that stops in 2020.
Purchased Silence: Who Imports America’s Ground Beef, and Who Hides It
A Farm Animal Transparency research paper tracing, by name and from public CBP vessel manifests, which American beef companies receive imported frozen boneless beef — and which have purchased confidentiality to keep their names off the public record.