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

HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project (HIMP)

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More information about HIMP is available from the FSIS New Initiatives Staff site.

Current List(s) of HIMP Plants

• List of HACCP-Based Inspection Models Volunteer Plants

Recent News and Information

• Backgrounder: An Overview of the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project, June 2002

• Statement by Dr. Elsa Murano: HACCP-based Inspection Models Project (HIMP) (April 1, 2002)

• Myths & Facts: Inaccuracies in Statements and News Articles Concerning the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project, January 2002

• Question and Answer: GAO's Report on the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project, January 2002

• USDA Proposes Measures to Strengthen Slaughter Inspection Pilot Program (January 15, 2002)
• New Directions in Food Safety Policy: Remarks prepared for delivery by Dr. Elsa Murano, Under Secretary for Food Safety, before the National Turkey Federation, January 15, 2002, News Orleans, LA.

Background/Historical Information

• News Release: Redesigned Slaughter Inspection System Improves Food Safety (June 7, 2001)
• FSIS Publishes Performance Standards For HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project (November 3, 2000)
  • Performance Standards referenced in the news release
• Statement by Thomas J. Billy at Press Briefing, August 31, 2000
• Statement by Thomas J. Billy at Press Briefing, July 19, 2000
• Inaccuracies in News Articles Concerning HACCP-Based Inspection Models (HIMP), July 2000
• News Release: New Slaughter Inspection System Improves Food Safety (July 17, 2000)
• Backgrounder: Accomplishments of the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project, July 2000
• Key Facts:  Update on the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project--In-Plant Slaughter, March 2000
• News Release: FSIS To Begin Project Extending Science-Based, Preventive Food Safety System Into Slaughter Operations (October 4, 1999)
• HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project: Plant and FSIS Responsibilities
• Role of Inspectors under Traditional Inspection and HACCP-based Models Project
• Backgrounder: HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project: Models Phase, October 1999
• Key Facts: Update on the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project: In-Plant and In-Distribution, July 1999
• Key Facts: Update on the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project, December 1998
• Key Facts: Slaughter Inspection Under the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project--Oversight and Verification, December 1998
• Draft Report, In-distribution Inspection Pilot Test Project, November 1998
• Backgrounder: HACCP-Based Inspection Models, July 1998

Baseline Results

• Young Chickens - Cover Memo
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Memorandum Of Understanding

• FSIS and NJC Sign Memorandum of Understanding on HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project, May 19, 1999

Public Meetings

• Opening Remarks of  Caren Wilcox and Thomas J. Billy, March 30, 2000 Public Meeting
• Transcript of Meeting on HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project - March 30, 2000 [PDF, 299 KB, 208 pp.]

Study Plans and Related Reports

• Federal Register Notice: HACCP-Based Meat and Poultry Inspection Concepts: In-Plant Slaughter Inspection Models Study Plan, Notice of availability (July 29, 1998)
  • HACCP-Based Inspection Models [html, 72 KB] [PDF, 107 KB]
• Federal Register Notice: HACCP-Based Meat and Poultry Inspection Concepts: Diseases and Conditions Identifiable During Post-Mortem Inspection, Notice of availability (July 29, 1998)
  • HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project: Diseases and Conditions Observable in Meat and Poultry [html, 14 KB] [PDF, 27 KB]

For Further Information Contact:

• Media Inquiries: (202) 720-9113
• Congressional Inquiries: (202) 720-3897
• Constituent Inquiries: (202) 720-9113
• Consumer Inquiries: Call the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline; TTY: 1-800-256-7072.

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