Original sentence: The USDA requires that any time fecal contamination is detected during meat and poultry processing, it must be removed from the carcass.The policy jargon for this debate is “wash versus trim.” USDA, early in 1997, clarified its zero tolerance rule for poultry; a year earlier it gave beef plants permission to use a new high-temperature vacuuming method to remove fecal contamination in lieu of cutting it off
Edited sentence: The US Departement of Agriculture (USDA) requires that any time fecal contamination is detected during meat and poultry processing, it must be removed from the carcass.The policy jargon for this debate is "wash versus trim".USDA, early in 1997, clarified its zero tolerance rule for poultry; a year earlier it gave beef plants permission to use a new high-temperature vacuuming method to remove fecal contamination in lieu of cutting it off