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Table 9. Slaughter Plant Inspection Authority
1. Federal, state and custom plants under authority of the USDA. Inspection at federal
plants conducted by the FSIS; inspection at state and custom plants conducted by state
personnel (20 states):
Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Washington
2. Federal plants under authority of the USDA. Inspection at federal, state and custom
plants conducted by state personnel (nine states):
Alabama, Georgia (meat only), Illinois, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas,
Utah, Virginia
3. Federal plants under authority of the USDA. Inspection at federal plants conducted by
the FSIS; inspection at state and custom plants conducted by state personnel (18 states):
Arizona, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri,
Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota (meat only), Vermont, West
Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
4. Federal and state plants under authority of the USDA. Inspection at federal and state
plants conducted by the FSIS; inspection at custom plants conducted by state personnel
with FSIS supervision (3 states):
California, Colorado, New York
Sources: USDA-FSIS, Requirements for state programs (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/
state_inspection_programs/index.asp); USDA-FSIS, Cooperative inspection program functions (http://www.
fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/FSLGRS/MPI/oversight.htm).
Currently, 27 states (types 2 and 3 above combined) run their own meat inspection
programs. These states operate their programs in cooperation with the FSIS, which
provides up to 50 percent of the funding. 17 The states must provide enforcement
requirements “at least equal to” those imposed under the Federal Meat Inspection Act 18
and the Poultry Products Inspection Act 19 . Individual slaughter plants may apply to
17 Becker G, Meat and poultry inspection: background and selected issues, Congressional Research Service,
Report RL32922, updated December 2005.
18 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.
19 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.
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