Thursday, July 14, 2011
WASHINGTON -- USDA's Food Safety & Inspection Service is conducting its annual Food Defense Plan Survey through July 31, 2011, to determine how many FSIS-regulated establishments have voluntarily adopted a functional food defense plan. Similar to 2010, this year's survey covers meat and poultry slaughter and processing establishments, processed egg products plants and official import inspection establishments.
Results from the August 2010 survey indicated that approximately 74 percent of all plants have voluntarily implemented functional food defense plans. While this represents a significant increase from prior years, FSIS has established an agency performance goal. . .

