WASHINGTON — USDA'S Food Safety & Inspection Service has sent its proposal to update the federal poultry Inspection system to the Office of Management & Budget Affairs (OIRA) for review.
This is the last step before the rule becomes final and published in the Federal Register.
The proposed changes to modernize the inspection system are based on a pilot program put into place in 1999 in 20 chicken plants, called the HACCP-based Inspection Models Project, or HIMP.
USDA has said that the proposed rule will lead to a revamped inspection system that allows federal inspectors in young chicken and. . .

