FSIS Requests Input on Meat Slaughter Industry Survey.
Monday, April 21, 2014(American Meat Institute)
The
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
is planning a new survey of the meat slaughter
industry to collect
information on food safety practices and
technologies. The goal is to update data last
collected in 2004. FSIS will use the information to
estimate costs in regulatory impact
analyses, to evaluate the effectiveness of its
meat inspection program and to
conduct analyses to assess the industry's food
safety technologies, sanitation
practices, microbiological testing practices,
and recall readiness.
Prior to the survey,
FSIS is inviting comments on whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of FSIS's
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility; the
accuracy of FSIS's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected;
and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information,
including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical,
or other technological
collection techniques, or other forms of
information technology. Comments
are due by May 21.
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