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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C. 20250-3700

Communications to Congress

February 2003

Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection
2000 Report of the Secretary of Agriculture to the U.S. Congress

IV. Domestic and Export Inspection

Table 4-11

Table 4-11 shows the number of persons trained by FSIS during FY 1999 and FY 2000.

Inspection Training
  1999 2000
Veterinarians 709 748
Food Technologists 37 6
Food Inspectors 1,003 1559*
Others 40 19
Total Federal Employees Trained 1,789 2332
State Employees 635 540
Industry Officials 72 0
Foreign Officials 44 52
Total Persons Trained 2,540 2924

*The 1559 Food Inspectors includes 1,067 Food Inspectors and 492 Consumer Safety Inspectors

Table 4-12

Table 4-12 lists the dates the Department assumed responsibility for inspection of meat and poultry products for intrastate sale in designated States as of September 30, 2000. All plants in designated States come under Federal inspection, and their products can be sold in interstate commerce.

Dates USDA Assumed Responsibility for Intrastate Inspection
State Meat Poultry
Alaska 07/31/99 07/31/99
Arkansas 06/01/81 01/02/71
California 04/01/76 04/01/76
Colorado 07/01/75 01/02/71
Connecticut 10/01/75 10/01/75
Florida 12/02/97 12/02/97
Georgia --- 01/02/71
Hawaii 11/01/95 11/01/95
Idaho 07/01/81 01/02/71
Kentucky 01/14/72 07/28/71
Maine 05/12/80 01/02/71
Maryland 04/01/91 04/01/91
Massachusetts 01/12/76 01/12/76
Michigan 10/03/81 01/02/71
Missouri 08/18/72 08/18/72
Nebraska 10/01/71 07/28/71
Nevada 07/01/73 07/01/73
New Hampshire 08/07/78 08/07/78
New Jersey 07/01/75 07/01/75
New York 07/16/75 04/11/77
North Dakota 06/22/70 01/02/71
Oregon 07/01/72 01/02/71
Pennsylvania 07/17/72 10/31/71
Rhode Island 10/01/81 10/01/81
South Dakota --- 01/02/71
Tennessee 10/01/75 10/01/75
Washington 06/01/73 06/01/73

--- Indicates USDA has not assumed responsibility for meat inspection in the State shown.

Table 4-13

Table 4-13 summarizes the number of States at the end of fiscal year 2000 with intrastate inspection programs for meat (25) and poultry (23); the number of State full-time equivalent staff years during fiscal year 2000; and Federal funding assistance expended by States during fiscal year 2000. "M" after the name of the State indicates that the State conducted a meat Inspection program; "M&P" indicates that the State conducted meat and poultry inspection programs. In order to continue operating intrastate inspection programs and to continue receiving Federal funding assistance, States must maintain inspection requirements at least equal to those of the Federal program.

State Inspection Programs
Regular Plants Custom Exempt Plants
State Meats Poultry Meats & Poultry Total Meats Poultry Meats & Poultry Total Full Time Equivalent Staff Years* FY 2000 Federal Assistance**
Alabama M&P 30 2 15 47 27 0 0 27 35.0 1,121,000
Arizona M&P 50 2 0 52 26 0 0 26 24.2 567,000
Delaware M&P 1 0 2 3 4 1 0 5 10.3 254,000
Georgia M(2) 57 0 0 57 36 0 0 36 84.8 2,516,000
Illinois M&P 107 17 105 229 12 8 3 23 141.0 4,586,000
Indiana M&P 31 5 64 100 31 6 1 38 75.0 1,607,000
Iowa M&P 105 3 0 108 100 8 0 108 41.0 1,128,000
Kansas M&P 82 2 4 88 28 1 0 29 63.3 1,730,000
Louisiana M&P 68 6 0 74 41 0 0 41 77.0 1,748,000
Minnesota(1) M&P 12 1 12 25 230 10 0 240 12.3 299,000
Mississippi M&P 14 1 22 37 23 0 0 23 53.8 1,582,000
Montana M&P 19 0 24 43 84 32 16 132 17.5 428,000
New Mexico M&P 44 0 0 44 27 0 0 28 17.0 413,000
North Carolina M&P 110 7 0 117 34 0 0 34 124.0 3,374,000
Ohio M&P 108 10 94 212 68 8 0 76 132.0 4,740,000
Oklahoma M&P 36 2 18 56 65 0 0 65 55.0 1,667,000
South Carolina M&P 45 9 45 99 4 0 0 4 54.0 1,325,000
South Dakota M(2) 52 0 0 52 46 0 0 46 24.0 570,000
Texas M&P 174 3 51 228 112 0 0 112 178.0 4,929,000
Utah M&P 31 0 10 41 38 2 0 40 47.8 917,000
Vermont M&P 7 1 0 8 23 1 0 24 12.3 377,000
Virginia M&P 16 2 5 23 103 0 1 104 48.0 1,551,000
West Virginia M&P 18 0 6 24 39 0 0 39 23.5 638,000
Wisconsin M&P 148 6 127 281 53 4 5 62 93.5 2,950,000
Wyoming M&P 24 0 0 24 35 1 22 58 9.0 273,000
Total   1,389 79 604 2,072 1,289 82 48 1,419 1,453.2 41,290,000
California (3) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 235 --- 149,706
Colorado (3) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 66 --- 14,325
New York (3) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 130 --- 109,200
  1. Minnesota assumed responsibility for the intrastate inspection program for poultry February 11, 2000.
  2. Poultry Program is under Federal jurisdiction.
  3. Official plants are under Federal jurisdiction. Custom Exempt facilities are reviewed under State contract.

*Hours worked by state employees are counted only if Federal laws cover the work. Not all work done by State employees is covered under Federal laws/regulations.

** All Federal assistance amounts are estimates.

Table 4-14 Change in Meat Exports

Table 4-14 shows the volume of U.S. meat exports for FY 1999 and FY 2000, the percentage change, and the dollar value for FY 2000.

  Fiscal Year 1999 Fiscal Year 2000 Percentage
Change from 1999		 Fiscal Year 2000
Value in U.S. $

(1000 Dollars)
Area or Country Thousands of Metric Tons Thousands of Pounds Thousands of Metric Tons Thousands of Pounds
North America
Mexico 316,192 697,589 380,307 839,041 20 792,778,813
Canada 138,699 306,001 149,311 329,413 8 426,755,181
Subtotal 454,891 1,003,590 529,618 1,168,454 NA 1,219,533,994
Caribbean
Jamaica 4,799 10,588 3,742 8,256 -22 3,760,095
Netherlands Antilles 1,178 2,599 1,364 3,009 16 3,455,092
Haiti 2,123 4,684 1,453 3,206 -32 1,671,007
Bahamas 1,629 3,594 1,860 4,104 14 5,808,955
Bermuda 913 2,014 1,083 2,389 19 6,559,301
Leeward-Windward Islands 650 1,434 836 1,844 29 2,458,536
Barbados 901 1,988 1,411 3,113 57 5,134,958
Dominican Republic 9,340 20,606 5,192 11,455 -44 8,204,948
Cayman Islands 1,954 4,311 2,179 4,807 12 6,353,629
Trinidad and Tobago 1,245 2,747 1,256 2,771 1 2,702,902
Others* 228 503 319 704 40 1,475,448
Subtotal 24,960 55,067 20,695 45,658 NA 47,584,871
Central America
Guatemala 3,136 6,919 3,992 8,807 27 8,620,034
Panama 4,148 9,151 4,083 9,008 -2 6,244,578
Honduras 2,368 5,224 2,688 5,930 14 5,393,613
Costa Rica 1,056 2,330 1,406 3,102 33 2,412,935
El Salvador 1,288 2,842 1,047 2,310 -19 1,976,378
Others* 433 955 886 1,955 105 1,438,909
Subtotal 12,429 27,421 14,102 31,112 NA 26,086,447
South America
Colombia 6,965 15,366 4,667 10,296 -33 6,715,978
Peru 3,682 8,123 2,624 5,789 -29 2,851,073
Argentina 2,482 5,476 3,911 8,629 58 5,434,198
Brazil 4,241 9,357 4,205 9,277 -1 5,152,364
Venezuela 3,478 7,673 3,175 7,005 -9 4,133,303
Others* 494 1,090 1,475 3,254 199 2,408,908
Subtotal 21,342 47,085 20,057 44,250 NA 26,695,824
European Union
United Kingdom 10,131 22,351 7,367 16,253 -27 6,893,504
Belgium-Luxembourg 8,469 18,684 10,530 23,231 24 5,384,243
France 309 682 1,054 2,325 241 1,592,308
Netherlands 2,723 6,008 2,131 4,701 -22 6,386,989
Germany 6,432 14,190 9,027 19,916 40 7,451,218
Finland 75 165 691 1,524 821 646,780
Spain 1,319 2,910 421 929 -68 1,904,634
Italy 1,478 3,261 2,175 4,799 47 6,749,978
Greece 1,215 2,681 453 999 -63 1,081,435
Denmark 805 1,776 548 1,209 -32 1,794,175
Sweden 43 95 1,269 2,800 2851 1,305,566
Portugal 88 194 84 185 -5 296,316
Ireland 126 278 16 35 -87 50,925
Austria 1 2 0 0 -100 0
Subtotal 33,214 73,277 35,766 78,908 NA 41,538,071
Other Western Europe
Switzerland 960 2,118 1,038 2,290 8 8,100,395
Norway 1,175 2,592 0 0 (100) 0
Others* 112 247 205 452 83 1,957,036
Subtotal 2,247 4,957 1,243 2,742 NA 10,057,431
Former USSR
Russian Federation 49,829 109,934 96,615 213,154 94 160,331,247
Latvia 4,284 9,451 17,849 39,379 317 9,846,025
Estonia 914 2,016 3,057 6,744 234 2,214,795
Others* 772 1,703 422 931 -45 690,565
Subtotal 55,799 123,105 117,943 260,208 NA 173,082,632
Eastern Europe
Poland 10,582 23,346 7,250 15,995 -31 5,640,382
Bulgaria 547 1,207 275 607 -50 271,783
Romania 527 1,163 291 642 -45 316,535
Others* 456 1,006 145 320 -68 378,153
Subtotal 12,112 26,722 7,961 17,564 NA 6,606,85
Middle East            
United Arab Emirates 968 2,136 805 1,776 -17 3,370,751
Saudi Arabia 1,287 2,839 1,334 2,943 4 3,683,467
Israel 704 1,553 1,005 2,217 43 1,518,168
Others* 1,201 2,650 1,031 2,275 -14 3,628,274
Subtotal 4,160 9,178 4,175 9,211 NA 12,200,660
Africa
Egypt 31,815 70,191 29,675 65,470 -7 26,766,467
Cote d'Ivoire 2,758 6,085 2,025 4,468 -27 1,735,536
Angola 1,246 2,749 835 1,842 -33 742,066
Gabon 613 1,352 698 1,540 14 464,888
Others* 113 249 1,863 4,110 1,549 1,749,693
Subtotal 36,545 80,626 35,096 77,429 NA 31,458,650
Asia            
Japan 695,858 1,535,216 745,103 1,643,861 7 2,611,829,175
Korea, Republic of 122,758 270,831 172,740 381,102 41 551,424,152
Hong Kong 52,284 115,350 55,935 123,405 7 108,842,131
Taiwan 55,270 121,938 46,581 102,768 -16 100,930,957
Indonesia 1,087 2,398 8,844 19,512 714 9,729,304
Philippines 3,649 8,050 2,418 5,335 -34 8,486,746
Singapore 1,582 3,490 2,455 5,416 55 8,389,290
China, People’s Republic of 9,867 21,769 13,074 28,844 33 19,699,036
Thailand 848 1,871 413 911 -51 839,513
Others* 580 1,280 1,564 3,451 170 3,249,044
Subtotal 943,783 2,082,193 1,049,127 2,314,605 NA 3,423,419,348
Total 1,601,482 3,533,221 1,835,783 4,050,141 NA 5,018,264,781

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. In recent years, all U.S. agricultural exports to Canada have been underreported. This discrepancy is officially recognized by both governments.

Except for EU countries, exports to countries receiving less than 500 metric tons (1,102,050 pounds) are totaled together as "Others."

*"Others" includes the following countries in order of greatest volume: Malaysia, Kuwait, Micronesia, Hungary, Palau, Lebanon, Lithuania, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Belize, Republic of Maldova, French Pacific Islands, French W. Indies, Jordan, Republic of Qatar, Ukraine, Georgia, Bahrain, Turks and Caicos Islands, Albania, Republic of South Africa, Chile, Iceland, Ecuador, Guyana, Cambodia, Republic of Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Western Samoa, Turkey, Vietnam, Macedonia, Morocco, Bolivia, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Oman, Surinam, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Other Pacific Islands- NEC.

NA Not Applicable

Table 4-15 Change in Poultry Exports

Table 4-15 shows the volume of U.S. poultry exports for FY 1999 and FY 2000, the percentage change, and the dollar value for FY 2000.

  Fiscal Year 1999 Fiscal Year 2000 Percentage
 Change from 1999		 Fiscal Year 2000
Value in U.S. $
(1000 Dollars)
Area or Country Thousands of Metric Tons Thousands of Pounds Thousands of Metric Tons Thousands of Pounds
North America
Mexico 240,497 529,724 283,910 625,346 18 249,401
Canada 100,064 220,403 115,406 254,196 15 242,573
Subtotal 340,561 750,127 399,316 879,542 NA 491,974
Caribbean
Jamaica 27,075 59,636 27,091 59,671 0 13,504
Leeward-Windward Islands 20,962 46,171 20,213 44,522 -4 19,066
Netherlands Antilles 19,080 42,026 17,092 37,647 -10 16,469
Haiti 34,625 76,266 16,568 36,493 -52 12,238
Dominican Republic 9,309 20,504 8,523 18,773 -8 7,687
Bahamas 10,510 23,150 4,140 9,119 -61 6,124
Bermuda 2,746 6,048 3,005 6,619 9 5,744
Barbados 1,480 3,260 2,031 4,474 37 1,552
Cayman Islands 798 1,758 869 1,914 9 1,394
Trinidad and Tobago 2,013 4,434 3,151 6,940 57 2,611
Others* 308 678 228 502 -26 436
Subtotal 128,906 283,931 102,911 226,674 NA 86,825
Central America
Guatemala 21,836 48,096 31,499 69,380 44 21,034
Panama 2,709 5,967 3,675 8,095 36 4,456
Honduras 2,371 5,222 3,336 7,348 41 3,247
Nicaragua 1,048 2,308 1,611 3,548 54 1,140
Others* 404 890 1,915 4,218 374 1,959
Subtotal 28,368 62,484 42,036 92,589 NA 31,836
South America
Colombia 15,684 34,546 17,967 39,575 15 10,151
Surinam 8,070 17,775 7,580 16,696 -6 4,850
Guyana 7,288 16,053 8,726 19,220 20 4,344
Peru 2,112 4,652 3,013 6,637 43 1,330
Equador 911 2,007 473 1,042 -48 682
Brazil 617 1,359 916 2,018 48 1,587
Others* 906 1,996 2,290 5,044 153 3,072
Subtotal 35,588 78,387 40,965 90,230 NA 26,016
European Union
Germany 9,652 21,260 7,957 17,526 -18 3,714
Belgium-Luxembourg 4,898 10,788 3,746 8,251 -24 1,560
Greece 13,888 30,590 18,374 40,471 32 10,127
Netherlands 7,809 17,200 4,446 9,793 -43 2,905
United Kingdom 667 1,469 8,373 18,443 1155 4,343
Finland 2,184 4,811 872 1,921 -60 765
Italy 699 1,540 1,781 3,923 155 1,254
Denmark 154 339 150 330 -3 202
France 35 77 896 1,974 2460 609
Spain 90 198 1,325 2,918 1372 549
Portugal 1 2 46 101 4500 69
Ireland 0 0 3,193 7,033 New Export 2,033
Austria 0 0 6 13 New Export 3
Subtotal 40,077 88,274 51,165 112,697 NA 28,133
Former USSR
Russian Federation 328,507 723,577 643,111 1,416,530 96 325,631
Estonia 154,343 339,959 70,879 156,120 -54 36,269
Latvia 314,312 692,311 141,145 310,889 -55 61,908
Georgia, Republic of 28,242 62,206 62,581 137,842 122 38,419
Ukraine 45,431 100,067 709 1,562 -98 468
Azerbaijan, Republic 2,468 5,436 1,350 2,974 -45 663
Armenia, Republic of 2,026 4,463 655 1,443 -68 334
Kazakhstan, Republic of 3,426 7,546 0 0 -100 0
Turkmenistan 1,716 3,780 4,644 10,229 New Export 2,552
Lithuania 716 1,577 119 262 New Export 58
Others* 189 416 775 1,707 310 501
Subtotal 881,376 1,941,338 925,968 2,039,557 NA 466,803
Eastern Europe
Poland 45,904 101,109 51,248 112,880 12 24,964
Romania 2,417 5,324 8,745 19,262 262 4,952
Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonia 1,174 2,586 14,145 31,156 1105 8,190
Albania 6,278 13,828 8,770 19,317 40 5,412
Bulgaria 2,958 6,515 5,835 12,852 97 3,456
Others* 300 661 927 2,042 209 455
Subtotal 59,031 130,023 89,670 197,509 NA 47,429
Middle East
United Arab Emirates 19,147 42,174 18,869 41,561 -1 13,393
Turkey 11,781 25,949 21,495 47,345 82 11,354
Saudi Arabia 6,430 14,163 7,259 15,989 13 7,515
Kuwait 1,463 3,222 1,287 2,835 -12 3,053
Jordan 1,130 2,489 260 573 -77 200
Oman 1,214 2,674 1,639 3,610 35 1,203
Others* 1,138 2,507 4,314 9,502 279 3,025
Subtotal 42,303 93,178 55,123 121,415 NA 39,743
Africa
South Africa, Republic of 25,275 55,671 16,092 35,445 -36 11,546
Angola 7,346 16,180 25,966 57,193 253 12,969
Ghana 1,639 3,610 2,833 6,240 73 1,508
Others* 989 2,178 16,012 35,268 1519 8,893
Subtotal 35,249 77,640 60,903 134,146 NA 34,916
Asia
Hong Kong 660,874 1,455,656 679,436 1,496,541 3 388,104
Japan 109,096 240,297 109,831 241,916 1 131,611
China, People’s Republic of 76,573 168,661 83,319 183,520 9 45,363
Singapore 12,285 27,059 29,399 64,755 139 24,227
Korea, Republic of 59,401 130,838 83,650 184,249 41 52,883
Taiwan 23,176 51,048 24,256 53,427 5 20,852
Philippines 34,326 75,607 17,057 37,570 -50 14,156
Malaysia 4,158 9,159 3,466 7,634 -17 2,971
Indonesia 9,694 21,352 15,576 34,308 61 9,011
Others* 509 1,121 798 1,758 57 641
Subtotal 990,092 2,180,798 1,046,788 2,305,678 NA 689,819
Total 3,115,772 6,862,867 3,392,431 7,472,241 NA 2,071,321

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