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089365 1 (1976-01-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvij0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UN TED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, .C. 20548 RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC JAN 28 1976 DEVELOPMENT Di1istON The Honcrable F. J. Mulhern, D.V.M. Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Department of Agriculture Dear Dr. Mulhern: The General Accounting Office has completed a survey of Federal food inspection acti.vities in Micigan. Our survey primiarily con- centrated on the inspections performed by the Department of Agriculture Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) p/and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). We looked into the 14I /'extent to wiich food firms were inspected by both agencies and whether any inspection activities could be combined on a national level through the use of cooperative agreements to better use inspection resources. When a firm produces both meat and non-meat food products, it may be subject to inspection by both FDA and APHIS. Both agencies inspect the firm for many ,of the same things. For example, both APHIS and FDA regulations require that firms be inspected to assure the firms have --no animal or inse .t infeltaLion, --adequate ventilation to minimize odors and noxious fumes, --sufficient water available at a proper temperature to allow effective washing of facilities, and --adequate drainage to protect against contamination. During our survey, we identified nine food firms in Michigan that were inspected by both APHIS and FDA at the same time. Each agency inspected these plants for the same sanitary conditions. We believe this duplication of effort has resulted because FDA and APHIS do not have cooperative agreements to use inspection results from each other's inspections and because inspection reports are not normally exchanged'by agencies. Two examples are shown below. wpm

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