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Report No. |
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| Date April 17, 2008 |
Report No. GAO-08-686T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 1:00 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 17, 2008 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives HUMANE METHODS OF HANDLING AND SLAUGHTER Public Reporting on Violations Can Identify Enforcement Challenges and Enhance Transparency
Statement of Lis... |
| Date May 17, 2005 |
Report No. GAO-05-549T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 2:00 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 17, 2005 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives OVERSEEING THE U.S. FOOD SUPPLY Steps Should be Taken to Reduce Overlapping Inspections and Related Activities
Statement of Robert A. Ro... |
| Date Dec. 17, 2001 |
Report No. GAO-02-59 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
December 2001 Report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate FOOD SAFETY Weaknesses in Meat and Poultry Inspection Pilot Should Be Addressed Before Implementation GAO-02-59 Contents Letter
Results in Brief Background Pilot Project Makes Industry More Responsible and Accountable for Product Safety and Quality, While Continuin... |
| Date Sept. 20, 2000 |
Report No. T-RCED-00-300 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:00 a.m. EDT Wednesday September 20, 2000 Testimony
Before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate FOOD SAFETY Overview of Food Safety and Inspection Service and Food and Drug Administration Expenditures
Statement of Lawrence J. Dyckman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues Resources, Commu... |
| Date Aug. 6, 1998 |
Report No. RCED-98-224 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
August 1998 Report to the Chairman, Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives FOOD SAFETY Opportunities to Redirect Federal Resources and Funds Can Enhance Effectiveness GAO/RCED-98-224 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-280252 August 6, 1998 The Honorable J... |
| Date April 30, 1998 |
Report No. RCED-98-103 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
April 1998 Report to the Chairman, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate FOOD SAFETY Federal Efforts to Ensure the Safety of Imported Foods Are Inconsistent and Unreliable GAO/RCED-98-103 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div... |
| Date April 10, 1998 |
Report No. RCED-98-104 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
April 1998 Report to Congressional Requesters FOOD SAFETY Agencies’ Handling of a Dioxin Incident Caused Hardships for Some Producers and Processors GAO/RCED-98-104 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-279328 April 10, 1998 Congressional Requesters In May 1997, the ... |
| Date March 20, 1997 |
Report No. RCED-97-57 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
March 1997 Report to Congressional Committees FOOD-RELATED SERVICES Opportunities Exist to Recover Costs by Charging Beneficiaries GAO/RCED-97-57 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-275998 March 20, 1997 Congressional Committees The federal government spent nearly $1... |
| Date March 27, 1996 |
Report No. RCED-96-81 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
March 1996 Report to Congressional Requesters FOOD SAFETY New Initiatives Would Fundamentally Alter the Existing System G A O years
1921 - 1996 GAO/RCED-96-81 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-270740 March 27, 1996 The Honorable Pat Roberts Chairman The Honorable E... |
| Date Feb. 29, 1996 |
Report No. RCED-96-62R |
Title
GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-270846 February 29, 1996 The Honorable Pat Roberts Chairman The Honorable E (Kika) de la Garza Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives The Honorable Steve Gunderson Chairman, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Committee on Agricul... |
| Date July 1, 1995 |
Report No. AA-95-20(3) |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
July 1995 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division Food and Agriculture Issue Area Active Assignments GAO/AA-95-20(3) oCC 1•ZC /I5q'7? 2 Foreword This report was prepared primarily to inform Congressional members and key staff of ongoing assignments in the General Accounting Office's Food and Agriculture issue area This report contains a... |
| Date June 30, 1995 |
Report No. RCED-95-228 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office Report to Congressional Requesters MEAT AND POULTRY .INsPECnoN Impact of USDKs Food ’ Safety Proposal on State Agencies and Small Plants GAO/RCED-95-228 United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-261674 June 30,1995 The Honorable Pat Roberts Chairman The Honorable E (Kika) de la ... |
| Date May 24, 1994 |
Report No. T-RCED-94-228 |
Title
‘ United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Releaseon Delivery Expectedat 9~30am. EDT Tuesday May 24. 1994 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, Conservation, Forestry, and General Legislation, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate MEAT SAFETY Inspectors’Ability to Detect Harmful Bacteria-Is Limited
Statement of John W. Harman, Director, Foo... |
| Date May 19, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-94-110 |
Title
May 1994 FOOD SAFETY Risk-Based Inspections and Microbial Monitoring Needed for Meat and Poultry GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-256276 May 19,1994 The Honorable Charles W. Stenholm Chairman, Subcommittee on Department operations and Nutrition Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives The Honorable... |
| Date April 19, 1994 |
Report No. T-RCED-94-189 |
Title
United States General Accounting Offke GAO Testimony
Before the Subcommittees Livestock and on DepartmentOperationsand Nutrition, Committeeon Agriculture, Houseof Representatives For Releaseon Delivery Expectedat 1O:OO EDT am. T-Y April 19.1994 FOOD SAFIETY Risk-Based Inspections and Microbial Monitoring Needed For Meat and Poultry
Statement John W. Harman, of Director, Food and Agriculture Issues... |
| Date Nov. 4, 1993 |
Report No. T-RCED-94-71 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office 3AO Testimony
Before the Human Resourcesand Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Committee on Goveriiment Operations, House of Representatives )r Release on Delivery qected at 30a.m. EST wrsday uvember 4, 1993 FOOD SAFETY A Unified, Risk-Based System Needed to Enhance Food Safety
Statement of John W. Hannan, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, Resour... |
| Date March 16, 1993 |
Report No. T-RCED-93-22 |
Title
United StatesGeneral Accounting Offke GAO
For Release Delivery on Expected at 10~00 EST am. Tuesday March 16,1993 Testimony
Before the Subcommitteeson Livestock and DepartmentOperationsand Nutrition, Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives FOOD SAFETY Building a Scientific, Risk-Based Meat and Poultry Inspection System
Statementof John W. Harman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues,. ... |
| Date June 26, 1992 |
Report No. RCED-92-152 |
Title
I
Q i _ IJnited States General Accounting _____- Office --- - - n ir GAO
,.__. ..I .._ ._ - Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives
_--._.____--- June 1992 FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY Uniform , Risk-based Inspection System Needed to Ensure Safe Food Supply /
-. 147179 lllll#llllllll RESTRICTED:-Not to be released ... |
| Date July 31, 1989 |
Report No. T-RCED-89-53 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
truly 31, 1989 Testimony Food Safety and Performance-Based Inspection Inspection Service's System A Statement for the Record by John W. Harman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues Resources, Community, and Economic Division Submitted to the Human Resources and Intergovernmental Subcommittee, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives D... |
| Date March 31, 1989 |
Report No. RCED-89-55 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
March 1989 Report to the Secretary of Agriculture INTERNAL CONTROLS Program to Address Problem Meat and pOultry Plants Needs Improvement GAO/RCED-89-55 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-234580 March 31. 1989 The Honorable Clayton Yeutter Secretary of Agriculture De... |
| Date May 15, 1987 |
Report No. T-GGD-87-15 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office Testimony . For Release on Delivery Expected at 11:OO a.m. Friday May 15, 1987 Inspection Activities of the Food Safety and Inspection Service Statement of Brian Usilaner, Associate Director General Government Division Before the Subcommittee on Oversight Government Management Committee on Governmental United States Senate of Affairs wq&
GAO/T-GGD-87-15 ‘3... |
| Date Oct. 11, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-85-36 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL
WASHINGTON, ACCQUNTlNG
D.C. 20548 OFFICE October
B-216553 11, 1984 The Bonorable George E. Brown, Jr. Subcommittee on Department Chairman, Research and Foreign Agriculture Operations, Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives The Honorable Tom Harkin Chairman, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and poultry Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives The Honorable ... |
| Date Oct. 21, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-84-23 |
Title
Bi’ THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OF&,,
Report To The Honorable Thomas F. Eagleton /;t8I 3 Atid To The Honorable Lawton Chiles, United States Senate USDA’s Oversight Of State Meat And Poultry Iqspection Programs Could Be Strengthened
Federal legislation requires that meat and poultry products sold for human consumption be inspected to ensure that they are saf/e, wholesome, and accurately labeled. T... |
| Date July 27, 1983 |
Report No. 122003 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 21, 1983 STATEMENT OF BRIAN P. CROWLEY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, SENIOR LEVEL RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LIVESTOCK, DAIRY, AND POULTRY OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S IMPORT MEAT I... |
| Date June 15, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-81 |
Title
. a5fT+$ r - BY THE COMl’TRO~LER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress
OF THE UNITEDSTATES
Improved Management Import Meat Inspection Program Needed
Greater uniformity in the procedures used for inspecting imported meat and poultry at U.S. ports and in the reviews made of foreign plants is needed to help ensure that Americans receive consistently wholesome products. The Department of Agriculture’s Foo... |
| Date May 4, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-68 |
Title
. BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress
Federal Regulation Of Meat And Poultry Products--Increased Consumer Protection And Efficiencies Needed
The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service establishes meat and poultry standards to protect the public against certain substances that may be injurious to health and to insure the products’ nutritional quality. It al... |
| Date Dec. 30, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-70 |
Title
. RELEASED B\( THE U.S. GEN Report To The Honorable Lawton Chiles United States Senate Changes Underway To Correct Inadequacies .Ih Florida’s Meat And Poultry Inspection Program
Federal legislation requires that all meat and poultry products sold for human consumption be inspected to ensure that they are safe, wholesome, and accurately labeled. The Department of Agriculture must inspect all prod... |
| Date May 21, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-69 |
Title
BYTHEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Act Inspections Should Be Administered By Single USDA Agency
Responsibility within the Department of Agriculture for food inspection and grading services is divided between the Agricultural Marketing Service and the Federal Grain Inspection Service. Each performs similar functions but for different commo... |
| Date July 30, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-118 |
Title
nitation And Federal At Slau hter Plants: How To Get Its For The Inspection Dollar
The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and inspection Service inspects federally approved me& and pouiitry slaughter plants to see that they are sanitary and that they protluco unadulterated products. Wh&KXNW?, GAO made surprise visits ta 62 randomly selected plants in six States to test the effectiverws of t... |
| Date March 11, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-82 |
Title
COWMV’NITY AND CEVELCPMENT ECONOMIC DIVISION S-202425 . The Honor able United States Dear Senator Subject: Jepsen:
114875 in Hourly Rate Charged by li-- ncrease Department of Agriculture for Resident Inspectors at Egg Processing Plants CED-81-82) 3 In response to your January 28, 1981, letter, we reviewed the Department of Agriculture’s justification for the 40-percent increase in hourly fees,... |
| Date April 17, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-10 |
Title
. I 1oq 102 BY THECOMPTROLLERGl?dERAL 4 ..4,: . Report ToThe Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Problems In Preventing The Marketing Of Raw Meat And Poultry Containing Potentially Harmful Residues
GAO estimates that 14 percent by dressed weight of the meat and poultry sampled by the Department of Agriculture between 1974 and 1976 contained illegal and potentially harmful residues of animal drugs, pestici... |
| Date Feb. 16, 1978 |
Report No. 105120 |
Title
DOCO1HVT RESUME
05120 [(B554#751 Federal Efforts To Regulate Toxic Residues in Poultry. February 16, 1978. 16 pp. Raw btiat and Testimony before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreiqn
Ccmmerce: Ovezsight and Inv4st.iqations Subcommittee; by Gregory J. Ahart, Director, Human Resourcea Div. Contact: Human Resources Div. Organization Concerned: Department of Agricultvre; Environmental Protecti... |
| Date Dec. 9, 1977 |
Report No. CED-78-11 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUME
04242 B3474714] A Better Way for the Department of Agriculture to Inspect eat and Poultry Processing Plants. CED-78-11; B-163450. December 9, 1977. 40 pp. + 10 appendices (57 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Consumer and Worker Protection: Standards, Laws, and Regulations Enforcement (903); Food (1700). Contact: Community and Econom... |
| Date Aug. 25, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-138 |
Title
REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Selected Aspects The Administration Meat And Poultry
Inspection Program Department of Aghcuiture - The Department of Agriculture administers its cwn meat and poultry inspection program in federaiiy inspected plants and enters into coopera?ive agreements with States to conduct such programs at Talmadg.e-Aiken plants which can ship their product... |
| Date July 22, 1974 |
Report No. MWD-74-149 |
Title
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LM095809 Salmonella In Raw Meat And Poultry: An Assessment Of The Problem
8.764031(21 Food and Drug Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Department Of Agriculture : , BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF THE
D.C. UNITED ETATES 20540 ... |
| Date Nov. 16, 1971 |
Report No. B-163450 |
Title
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LM095479 cr Q. Consumer And Marketing Service’s Enforcement Of Federal Sanitation Standards At Poultry Plants Continues To Be Weak
S-163450 Department of Agriculture BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON, OF THE UNITED 20548 STATES D.C. B-163450 To the Speaker President of the of t... |
