Food Safety and Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C. 20250-3700

Communications to Congress

March 2001

Staffing Report for First Quarter, FY 2001

USDA, FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
EXPLANATION OF BUDGET ACTIVITIES
(Dollars in Thousands)

ACTIVITY	PLAN APPROPRIATED FUNDS*	1ST QUARTER SPENDING 12/31/2001	% 0F FUNDING LEVEL	% 0F FUNDING LEVEL	3RD QUARTER SPENDING 06/30/2001
FEDERAL FOOD INSPECTION	$592,452	$148,300	21.6%
IMPORT- EXPORT INSPECTION	$11,501	$2,420	20.5%
LABORATORY SERVICES	$34,317	$6,844	20.3%
CODEX	$2,035	$572	15.2%
FAIM **	$8,005	$1,139	47.6%
GRANTS TO STATES	$41,642	$10,434	24.8%
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FOR STATE PROGRAMS	$5,219	$202	3.2%

TOTALS	$695,171	$169,911	21.9%	0.0%	0.0%
Language in the Appropriations Act states that "no less than $591,258,000 must be used for Federal Food Inspection"
* Reflects a .22 percent recission to all activities based on the 2001 Explanatory Notes.
** Includes $2.4M for Texas A&M contract to train inspectors.

USDA, FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
EXPLANATION OF BUDGET ACTIVITIES

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) allocates all of its appropriated funding for the following budget activities:

Federal Food Inspection - For direct and Agency support costs of slaughter and processing inspection of meat and poultry products and processing of egg products, for all products that originate within the U.S. and is destined for domestic distribution.

Import/Export Inspection - For direct and Agency support costs of : inspection of meat and poultry products originating in foreign countries under systems that are equivalent to the U.S. Federal inspection system; and inspection of meat and poultry products originating in the U.S. that is destined for export to foreign countries.

Laboratory Services - For direct and Agency support costs of the three FSIS laboratories that support the inspection program.

Codex - For direct and Agency support costs of the Office of U.S. Codex of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, this new activity was formerly included in the Import/Export Inspection activity.

Field Automation and Information Management (FAIM) Project - No year funds for computer equipment, training, and software applications to improve communication among field inspection personnel.

Grants To States – For up to 50 percent of the cost of Cooperative State Inspection Programs that are "equal to" the Federal Inspection program conducted by FSIS.

Special Assistance for State Programs – For support of HACCP implementation in the Cooperative State Inspection Programs through the FAIM Project (no year funds), laboratory improvements, and inspector training.

STAFFING LEVELS
FY 2001
INPLANT PERMANENT FULL-TIME
END OF QUARTER EMPLOYMENT	BEGINNING OF FY 2001	12/31/00 1ST QUARTER		3/31/01 2ND QUARTER		6/30/01 3RD QUARTER		9/30/01 4TH QUARTER
	BEGINNING OF FY 2001	PLAN	ACTUAL	PLAN	ACTUAL	PLAN	ACTUAL	PLAN	ACTUAL
	7643	7610	7596	7630	0	7650	0	7660	0

Line graph showing planned and actual inplant permanent full-time employees. See table above for details.

Key:
ACTUAL ----
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STAFFING LEVELS
FY 2001

OTHER-THAN-PERMANENT STAFF YEARS
FY 2000	12/31/00 END OF 1ST QUARTER				3/31/01 END OF 2ND QUARTER				6/30/01 END OF 3RD QUARTER				9/30/01 END OF 4TH QUARTER
FUNDING LEVEL SYs	PLAN	ACTUAL	% OF PLAN	% OF ANNUAL PLAN	PLAN	ACTUAL	% OF PLAN	% OF ANNUAL PLAN	PLAN	ACTUAL	% OF PLAN	% OF ANNUAL PLAN	PLAN	ACTUAL	% OF PLAN	% OF ANNUAL PLAN
519 SY	129	107	83%	21%	127		0%	0%	145		0%	0%	118		0%	0%

Note: The use of OTP Inplant Staff Years varies throughout the year based on seasonality, leave usage of PFT employees, and Industry Demand for Service.

Bar chart showing FY00, Planned FY01, and Actual FY01 levels of OTP Staff Years. Data also presented in table above.

USDA, FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
FY 2000
INPLANT SLAUGHTER STAFFING PROFILE

POSITIONS:
	12/31/2000 1ST QUARTER	3/31/2001 2ND QUARTER	6/30/2001 3RD QUARTER	9/30/2001 4TH QUARTER
LINE SLAUGHTER POSITIONS	12/31/2000 1ST QUARTER	3/31/2001 2ND QUARTER	6/30/2001 3RD QUARTER	9/30/2001 4TH QUARTER
BEGINNING OF QUARTER:	3631
DEMAND FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING (+)	19
REDUCTIONS IN STAFFING (-)	42
POSITIONS END OF QUARTER:	3608
PFT EMPLOYMENT:
BEGINNING OF QUARTER:	3504
NEW HIRES (+)	75
ATTRITION (-)	43
TOTAL PFT END OF QUARTER	3536
COVERAGE OF POSITIONS :
STAFFED WITH PFT	3536
STAFFED WITH PFT RELIEF	30
STAFFED WITH OTP	33
STAFFED WITH DETAILS	6
STAFFED WITH OFF-LINE INSPECTORS	3
STAFFED WITH VMO	0
TOTAL ALL COVERAGE	3608	0	0	0

USDA, FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
COVERAGE OF SLAUGHTER POSITIONS

Permanent Full-time (PFT) – Career conditional and career civil service food inspectors who works full-time.

PFT Relief – PFT food inspectors who fill behind other PFT food inspectors who are away at training, or on annual leave or sick leave.

Other-than-permanent (OTP) – A temporary, intermittent appointment limited to 1,280 hours of work per year as a food inspectors.

Details – Other PFT slaughter or processing food inspectors who are available to provide coverage when not needed at their assigned duty station, e.g., the plant(s) to which they are assigned is not working.

Off-line Inspectors – PFT slaughter inspectors assigned HACCP responsibilities not including line slaughter activities, but are reassigned to line responsibilities.

Veterinary Medical Officer (VMO) – A VMO is typically the Inspector in Charge (IIC) at a slaughter plant and will provide line inspection coverage when needed.

For Further Information Contact:
FSIS Congressional and Public Affairs Staff
Phone: (202) 720-3897
Fax: (202) 720-5704

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