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<abstract>In 1997, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it
would modify its meat and poultry slaughter inspection program to
make industry more responsible for identifying carcass defects.  
Before making the change permanent, USDA developed a model to	 
test whether a prevention-oriented inspection system that uses	 
plant personnel to examine each carcass and USDA inspectors to	 
verify that quality standards are met would continue to ensure	 
the safety of meat and poultry products. USDA&apos;s pilot project for
chickens has several design and methodology limitations that	 
compromise the overall validity and reliability of its results.  
First, the chicken pilot that USDA designed lacks a control	 
group--a critical design flaw that precluded a comparison between
the performance of the inspection systems at those plants that	 
volunteered to participate in the pilot and that of plants that  
did not participate. Second, the chicken plants that volunteered 
to participate in the baseline measurement phase of the pilot	 
were not randomly selected, and they did not include plants from 
all chicken-producing ares or plants of all sizes. Third, the	 
pilot project&apos;s methodology did not take into account such	 
variables as seasonal changes and plant modifications that could 
affect project results. Finally, USDA&apos;s pilot project did not	 
include features of the modified inspection systems in Australia 
and Canada that would be important considerations in ensuring the
successful implementation of a modified inspection system	 
nationwide. Notwithstanding the project&apos;s design problems, the	 
data themselves do not conclusively demonstrate that modified	 
inspections are at least equal to traditional inspections.</abstract>
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