Food Safety Weaknesses in Meat and Poultry Inspection Pilot Should Be Addressed before Implementation

By General Accounting Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000104360
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 1.69 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Food Safety Weaknesses in Meat and Poultry Inspection Pilot Should Be Addressed before Implementation
Author:	General Accounting Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
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Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


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Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

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Excerpt: Results in Brief 2 Background 5 Pilot Project Makes Industry More Responsible and Accountable for Product Safety and Quality, While Continuing Government Monitoring With Fewer Resources 9 Design and Methodology Limitations Compromise Overall Validity and Reliability of Pilot Project Results 15 Pilot Project Results Are Inconclusive, but FSIS Inspection Personnel Generally Support Modified Inspections 25 Conclusions 33 Recommendations for Executive Action 35 Agency Comments and Our Evaluation 35 Appendix I Scope and Methodology 37 Appendix II Chronology of Pilot Project Litigation 40 Appendix III Performance Standards for Hog Plants 43 Appendix IV Survey Results 44 Appendix V Australia?s Meat Safety Enhancement Program 59 Background and Trends That Led to the Program 59 How the MSEP System Works 60 Prerequisites for Plants to Participate in MSEP 61 AQIS? Evaluation of Its Program 62 Appendix VI Canada?s Modernized Poultry Inspection Program 63 Background 63 How the MPIP Pilot Works 63 Prerequisites for Plants to Participate in the MPIP Pilot 64 Performance Standards 65 Contents...