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113292 1 (1980-09-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxti0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 SEP 31980 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVLLOPMENT DIVISION Dr. Harry C. Mussman, Administrator Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Department of Agriculture Dear Dr. Mussman: As part of our review of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's efforts to control anim diseases and pests, we have reviewed that portion of the' wine Disease Surveillance Program elated to the treatment of garbage to be fed to swine. A primary component of the program, which the Service conducts with the assistance of cooperat- ing State agencies, is the periodic inspection of garbage- feeding premises to inspect swine for clinical disease signs, check cooking equipment, and check garbage to deter- mine if it is being properly cooked. We directed our review toward determining whether inspection operations provide adequate assurance that gar- bage fed to swine is being properly cooked each day and not just when inspectors are present. We made the review primarily in Texas. We also did some work in Florida and at the Service's offices in Hyattsville, Maryland. We noted that the inspectors check garbage-cooking operations primarily by checking the temperature of the garbage that is being cooked at the time of their visits. However, garbage is not always being cooked at those times and the temperature check does not provide any assurance of proper cooking when inspectors are not present. Greater assurance of proper garbage cooking could be achieved if inspectors would make greater use of the phosphatase field test--a chemical analysis which can be made up to 48 hours after cooking, and in some situations 96 hours after cooking, to determine if garbage has been properly cooked. Also, the Service needs to provide inspectors with in- structions on how to conduct inspections at garbage-feeding premises and give inspectors the necessary training and equipment to perform the phosphatase field tests. 113292

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