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Food Safety and Inspection
Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250-3700 |
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Food Safety and Inspection
Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250-3700 |
Communications to Congress
August 15, 2000
USDA,
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE |
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| ACTIVITY | PLAN APPROPRIATED FUNDS |
1ST QUARTER
SPENDING 12/31/1999 |
% 0F FUNDING LEVEL |
2ND QUARTER SPENDING 3/31/2000 |
% 0F FUNDING LEVEL |
3RD QUARTER SPENDING 6/30/2000 |
% 0F FUNDING LEVEL |
4TH QUARTER SPENDING 9/30/2000 |
% 0F FUNDING LEVEL |
| FEDERAL FOOD INSPECTION | $551,987 | $119,165 | 21.60% | $263,146 | 47.7% |
$397,372 |
72.0% |
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| IMPORT-EXPORT INSPECTION | $10,456 | $2,143 | 20.50% | $4,538 | 43.4% |
$6,836 |
65.4% |
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| LABORATORY SERVICES | $32,060 | $6,508 | 20.30% | $14,119 | 44.0% |
$23,674 |
73.8% |
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| CODEX | $707 | $107 | 15.20% | $422 | 59.7% |
$656 |
92.8% |
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| FAIM * | $8,023 | $3,820 | 47.60% | $5,268 | 65.7% |
$6,811 |
84.9% |
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| GRANTS TO STATES | $40,655 | $10,066 | 24.80% | $20,131 | 49.5% |
$30,235 |
74.4% |
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| SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FOR STATE PROGRAMS | $5,231 | $169 | 3.20% | $575 | 11.0% |
$931 |
17.8% |
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| $649,119 | $141,978 | 21.90% | $308,199 | 47.5% |
$466,515 |
72.0% |
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| Language in the Appropriations Act states that "no less than $544,902,000 must be used for Federal Food Inspection" | |||||||||
| * 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 are 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 are 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 2000
INPLANT PERMANENT FULL-TIME
| END OF QUARTER EMPLOYMENT |
BEGINNING OF FY 2000 |
12/31/1999 | 3/31/00 | 6/30/00 | 9/30/00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1ST QUARTER |
2ND QUARTER |
3RD QUARTER |
4TH QUARTER |
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PLAN |
ACTUAL |
PLAN |
ACTUAL |
PLAN |
ACTUAL |
PLAN |
ACTUAL |
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7440 |
7440 |
7467 |
7520 |
7507 | 7610 |
7617 |
7610 |
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Key:
ACTUAL --
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PLAN --
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STAFFING LEVELS
FY 2000
INPLANT
OTHER-THAN-PERMANENT STAFF YEARS
| 12/31/99 | 3/31/00 | 6/30/00 | 9/30/00 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FY 2000 |
END OF 1ST QUARTER | END OF 2ND QUARTER | END OF 3RD QUARTER | 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 |
588 SY* |
135 |
126 |
93% |
21% |
140 |
128 |
92% | 22% | 165 |
149 |
90% |
25% |
148 |
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* REPRESENTS 50 STAFF YEARS INCREASE FROM 1999 ACTUAL LEVEL
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.
USDA, FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION
SERVICE
FY 2000
INPLANT SLAUGHTER STAFFING PROFILE
12/31/1999 |
3/31/2000 |
6/30/2000 |
9/30/2000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
LINE SLAUGHTER POSITIONS |
1ST QUARTER |
2ND QUARTER |
3RD QUARTER |
4TH QUARTER |
| POSITIONS: | ||||
BEGINNING OF QUARTER: |
3583 |
3609 |
3631 |
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DEMAND FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING (+) |
40 |
32 |
19 |
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REDUCTIONS IN STAFFING (-) |
14 |
10 |
13 |
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POSITIONS END OF QUARTER: |
3609 |
3631 |
3637 |
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| PFT EMPLOYMENT: | ||||
BEGINNING OF QUARTER: |
3325 |
3339 |
3367 |
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NEW HIRES (+) |
102 |
147 |
209 |
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ATTRITION (-) |
88 |
119 |
99 |
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TOTAL PFT END OF QUARTER |
3339 |
3367 |
3477 |
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COVERAGE OF POSITIONS : |
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STAFFED WITH PFT |
3339 |
3367 |
3477 |
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STAFFED WITH PFT RELIEF |
48 |
46 |
37 |
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STAFFED WITH OTP |
168 |
171 |
97 |
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STAFFED WITH DETAILS |
15 |
26 |
14 |
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STAFFED WITH OFF-LINE INSPECTORS |
36 |
19 |
11 |
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STAFFED WITH VMO |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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TOTAL ALL COVERAGE |
3609 |
3631 |
3637 |
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USDA, FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
COVERAGE OF SLAUGHTER POSITIONS
Permanent Full-time (PFT) – Career conditional and career civil service food inspectors who work 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 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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