CRIMES WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES - gpvec
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Crimes Without ConsequenCes<br />
be inspected under either federal or state inspection; however, products produced in<br />
state inspected plants may only be sold in intrastate commerce. The FSIS certifies state<br />
inspection programs annually based on a review of the state’s self-assessment as well as<br />
FSIS reviews that are performed every one to five years. 20 Humane handling is one of<br />
nine components evaluated. 21<br />
Nine states (type 2 above) have assumed the authority to assist the USDA with<br />
administration and enforcement of federal food inspection laws. This authority is granted<br />
under the Talmadge-Aiken Act of 1962 22 , and the slaughter plants inspected under<br />
this authority are referred to as “federal-state cooperative inspection plants” (formerly<br />
“Talmadge-Aiken” plants). In order to qualify for a cooperative inspection agreement<br />
with the USDA, state agriculture agencies must demonstrate they have adequate laws,<br />
facilities, personnel and procedures to administer the federal laws. Inspection personnel<br />
are supervised by the state with guidance from the FSIS. 23<br />
Three states (type 4 above) have entered into cooperative agreements with the FSIS<br />
to provide inspection authority for their custom plants but not for their state plants. In<br />
these states, personnel perform reviews of custom slaughter plants with the annual FSIS<br />
assessment of the process. In states with meat inspection programs, state personnel<br />
review custom plants, and in states without inspection programs (other than the three<br />
mentioned above), FSIS personnel review the plants. 24<br />
20 In January 2007, one state program (New Mexico) was deferred, pending verification of the state’s<br />
implementation of corrective actions. FSIS review of state programs: summary report, January 2007. On July<br />
13, 2007, the FSIS announced that inspection of New Mexico state establishments would be taken over by the<br />
FSIS, effective August 13, 2007. See USDA-FSIS, Designation of the state of New Mexico under the Federal<br />
Meat Inspection Act and Poultry Products Inspection Act; final rule, Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 134, July<br />
13, 2007, pp. 38467-38468. Information regarding state inspection programs is available on the Regulation<br />
and Policies section of the FSIS website (see http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/Requirements_<br />
for_State_Programs/index). See also FSIS Directive 5720.2, rev 3 (state cooperative inspection programs),<br />
November 16, 2004.<br />
21 FSIS review of state programs: summary report, January 2007.<br />
22 7 U.S.C. 450.<br />
23 USDA-FSIS, Cooperative inspection program functions. (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/FSLGRS/MPI/<br />
oversight.htm)<br />
24 Ibid.<br />
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