United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-06-30 monographic deposited born digital 17 p. GA 1.13:RCED-95-228 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-228 P0b002ee18037efb2 f:rc95228 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-228 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-228 RCED-95-228 Meat inspection Poultry inspection Food and drug law Interstate commerce Quality control Safety standards Safety regulation Infectious diseases Federal/state relations State-administered programs FSIS Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System FSIS Performance-Based Inspection System FSIS Talmadge-Aiken Program E. coli Bacteria FSIS State-Federal Program Letter Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed state meat and poultry inspection programs, focusing on the possible effects of new food safety regulations on: (1) current state inspection programs; and (2) small meat processing plants.<p/>GAO found that: (1) FSIS has cooperative agreements with 27 states for state meat and poultry inspection programs; (2) the FSIS proposal to extend its Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points System to the states will increase costs to states because their programs must be equal to the federal program; (3) costs to the states will be minimal because FSIS will provide training and fund half the cost of new equipment; (4) small processing plants will be disproportionately affected by the costs of the new regulation; and (5) the processing functions that small plants perform will determine the extent of costs incurred by individual plants. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-228/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-228.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-228/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-228.pdf GAO/RCED-95-228 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-228 Letter Report GAO/RCED-95-228; Meat and Poultry Inspection: Impact of USDA's Food Safety Proposal on State Agencies and Small Plants; Meat inspection Poultry inspection Food and drug law Interstate commerce Quality control Safety standards Safety regulation Infectious diseases Federal/state relations State-administered programs FSIS Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System FSIS Performance-Based Inspection System FSIS Talmadge-Aiken Program E. coli Bacteria FSIS State-Federal Program