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March 2001

Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection
1999 Report of the Secretary of Agriculture to the U.S. Congress

IV. Domestic and Export Inspection, continued

Table 4-11

Table 4-11 shows the number of persons trained by FSIS during FY 1998 and FY 1999.

Inspection Training

 

 1998 1999
Total Persons Trained 2,141 2,540
Federal employees 2,006 1,789
Veterinarians 424 709
Food Technologists 14 37
Food Inspectors 1,391 1,003
Others 177 40
State employees 97 635
Industry officials 3 72
Foreign officials 35 44

Table 4-12

Table 4-12 lists the dates the Department assumed inspection of meat and poultry products for intrastate sale in designated States as of September 30, 1999. All plants in designated States come under Federal inspection, and their products can be sold in interstate commerce.

Dates USDA Assumed 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
Minnesota --- 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 meat inspection in the State shown.

Table 4-13

Table 4-13 summarizes the number of States at the end of fiscal year 1999 with intrastate inspection programs for meat (25) and poultry (22); the number of State full-time equivalent staff years during fiscal year 1999; and Federal funding assistance expended by States during fiscal year 1999. "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 Program
State

 

 Regular Plants Custom Exempt Plants Full Time Equivalent Staff Years FY 1999 Federal Assistance *
Meats Poultry Meats & Poultry Total Meats Poultry Meats & Poultry Total
Alabama M&P 22 1 37 60 29 0 0 29 35.4 1,221,000
Alaska (1) M&P -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 393,400
Arizona M&P 56 3 0 59 29 0 0 29 24.2 615,000
Delaware M&P 1 0 3 4 5 1 0 6 10.3 248,000
Georgia M (3) 61 0 0 61 32 0 0 32 91.7 2,472,100
Illinois M&P 114 20 118 252 12 9 3 24 152.1 4,194,900
Indiana M&P 30 4 70 104 29 7 1 37 72.0 1,605,000
Iowa M&P 116 3 0 119 98 9 0 107 41.0 1,142,000
Kansas M&P 108 2 4 114 19 1 0 20 60.8 1,725,000
Louisiana M&P 73 7 1 81 46 0 0 46 74.0 1,975,000
Minnesota (2) M (3) 15 0 0 15 280 11 0 291 9.7 150,000
Mississippi M&P 41 8 0 49 15 1 0 16 53.8 1,361,300
Montana M&P 21 0 28 49 97 31 21 149 16.5 397,000
New Mexico M&P 41 0 0 41 26 3 0 29 15.0 419,000
North Carolina M&P 135 7 0 142 32 0 0 32 126.0 3,352,200
Ohio M&P 131 18 99 248 64 11 0 75 136.0 4,999,000
Oklahoma M&P 43 2 25 70 64 0 0 64 58.5 1,541,700
South Carolina M&P 48 9 54 111 0 0 0 0 60.0 1,345,000
South Dakota M (3) 55 0 0 55 45 0 0 45 25.0 552,000
Texas M&P 195 7 92 294 109 0 0 109 199.0 4,862,000
Utah M&P 31 0 10 41 38 2 0 40 44.8 929,000
Vermont M&P 10 1 0 11 24 1 0 25 13.3 398,000
Virginia M&P 25 2 8 35 108 0 0 108 45.0 1,472,700
West Virginia M&P 2 0 24 26 47 0 0 47 25.0 642,000
Wisconsin M&P 157 7 138 302 48 5 9 62 94.0 3,000,000
Wyoming M&P 27 0 0 27 36 1 0 37 8.0 245,000
Total

 

 1,558 101 711 2,370 1,332 93 34 1,459 1,491.1 41,257,300
California (4) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 262 --- 153,000
Colorado (4) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 68 --- 42,100
New York (4) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 135 --- 96,000

(1) The Alaska Program was designated July 31, 1999, so other statistics are not available.
(2) Minnesota assumed responsibility for the intrastate inspection program for meat December 28,1998.
(3) Poultry Program is under Federal jurisdiction.
(4) Official plants are under Federal jurisdiction. Custom Exempt facilities are reviewed under State contract.
* All Federal assistance amounts are estimates.

Exhibit 4-14

Exhibit 4-14 shows, for FY 1999, the major countries and areas receiving U.S. meat exports, the volume by percentage, and the dollar value of the products.

Major Recipients of U.S. Meat Exports

Japan, 43%; Hong Kong, 3%; Taiwan, 4%; Mexico, 20%; Canada, 9%; Egypt, 2%; Korea, 8%; Other, 11%

Exhibit 4-15

Exhibit 4-15 shows, for FY 1999, the major countries and areas receiving U.S. poultry exports, the volume by percentage, and the dollar value of the products.

Major Recipients of U.S. Poultry Exports

Japan, 5%; Hong Kong, 27%; Latvia, 12%; Mexico, 10%; Canada, 4%; Russian Federation, 10%; Estonia, 5%; Other, 27%

Table 4-16 Change in Meat Exports

Table 4-16 shows the volume of U.S. meat exports for FY 1998 and FY 1999, the percentage change, and the dollar value for FY 1999.

Area or Country Fiscal Year 1998 Fiscal Year 1999 Percentage Change from FY 1998 Fiscal Year 1999 Value in U.S. $
Metric Tons Thousands of Pounds Metric Tons Thousands of Pounds
Total 1,555,168 3,431,043 1,579,185 3,484,030 NA 4,102,266,278
North America
Mexico 285,802 630,542 315,234 695,476 10 636,440,145
Canada 145,109 320,142 138,641 305,873 -4 368,203,017
Subtotal 430,911 950,684 453,875 1,001,348 NA 1,004,643,162
Caribbean
Jamaica 3,895 8,593 4,799 10,588 23 5,984,291
Netherlands Antilles 1,261 2,782 1,178 2,599 -7 3,859,203
Haiti 2,985 6,586 2,123 4,684 -29 2,040,407
Bahamas 4,264 9,407 1,671 3,687 -61 4,995,889
Bermuda 836 1,844 912 2,012 9 5,829,492
Leeward-Windward Islands 666 1,469 666 1,469 0 1,822,073
Barbados 557 1,229 527 1,163 -5 1,978,006
Dominican Republic 3,329 7,345 9,339 20,604 181 13,770,525
Cayman Islands 2,481 5,474 1,954 4,311 -21 5,711,629
Trinidad and Tobago 815 1,798 1,245 2,747 53 1,949,369
Others* 167 368 227 501 36 981,867
Subtotal 21,256 46,895 24,641 54,363 NA 48,922,751
Central America
Guatemala 2,078 4,585 3,137 6,921 51 7,319,191
Panama 2,262 4,990 4,150 9,156 83 7,504,949
Honduras 1,834 4,046 2,368 5,224 29 4,958,818
Costa Rica 943 2,080 1,055 2,328 12 2,141,597
El Salvador 836 1,844 1,288 2,842 54 2,707,912
Others* 378 834 434 957 15 729,406
Subtotal 8,331 18,380 12,432 27,428 NA 25,361,873
South America
Colombia 7,500 16,547 6,965 15,366 -7 8,393,501
Peru 5,125 11,307 3,679 8,117 -28 3,284,864
Argentina 3,271 7,217 2,475 5,460 -24 5,109,572
Brazil 5,489 12,110 4,264 9,407 -22 9,806,059
Venezuela 3,867 8,531 3,495 7,711 -10 4,273,155
Others* 750 1,655 748 1,650 0 1,111,743
Subtotal 26,002 57,366 21,626 47,712 NA 31,978,894
European Union
United Kingdom 19,394 42,787 9,868 21,771 -49 15,695,927
Belgium-Luxembourg 19,471 42,957 8,468 18,682 -57 4,474,143
France 1,975 4,357 308 680 -84 934,428
Netherlands 6,901 15,225 2,701 5,959 -61 12,875,140
Germany 14,084 31,072 6,407 14,135 -55 7,842,174
Finland 2,627 5,796 75 165 -97 86,901
Spain 1,958 4,320 1,315 2,901 -33 2,610,384
Italy 3,515 7,755 1,477 3,259 -58 4,263,367
Greece 2,277 5,024 1,215 2,681 -47 2,270,471
Denmark 1,111 2,451 785 1,732 -29 1,743,998
Sweden 146 322 43 95 -71 346,080
Portugal 143 315 63 139 -56 412,454
Ireland 358 790 126 278 -65 430,378
Austria 2 4 1 2 -50 3,300
Subtotal 73,962 163,176 32,852 72,479 NA 53,989,145
Other Western Europe
Switzerland 1,110 2,449 955 2,107 -14 13,424,931
Norway 35 77 1,175 2,592 3,257 3,924,718
Others* 68 150 112 247 65 647,940
Subtotal 1,213 2,676 2,242 4,946 NA 17,997,589
Former USSR
Russian Federation 120,598 266,066 23,573 52,007 -80 15,304,802
Latvia 5,020 11,075 4,285 9,454 -15 2,598,591
Estonia 3,663 8,081 914 2,016 -75 943,335
Others* 544 1,200 749 1,652 38 557,762
Subtotal 129,825 286,423 29,521 65,130 NA 19,404,490
Eastern Europe
Poland 10,513 23,194 10,559 23,295 0 10,173,133
Bulgaria 1,174 2,590 547 1,207 -53 876,426
Romania 1,355 2,989 527 1,163 -61 464,857
Others* 1,346 2,970 456 1,006 -66 456,309
Subtotal 14,388 31,743 12,089 26,671 NA 11,970,725
Middle East
United Arab Emirates 932 2,056 954 2,105 2 4,123,519
Saudi Arabia 1,721 3,797 1,266 2,793 -26 3,777,508
Israel 1,018 2,246 704 1,553 -31 824,659
Others* 475 1,048 1,141 2,517 140 4,710,257
Subtotal 4,146 9,147 4,065 8,968 NA 13,435,943
Africa
Egypt 23,238 51,268 31,886 70,348 37 58,228,045
Cote d'Ivoire 1,600 3,530 2,734 6,032 71 2,904,886
Angola 829 1,829 1,246 2,749 50 681,630
Gabon 528 1,165 613 1,352 16 445,016
Others* 95 210 113 249 19 452,652
Subtotal 26,290 58,002 36,592 80,730 NA 62,712,229
Asia
Japan 656,181 1,447,680 695,659 1,534,777 6 2,260,654,212
Korea, Republic of 64,873 143,124 122,749 270,811 89 325,207,813
Hong Kong 62,602 138,114 52,263 115,304 -17 83,366,682
Taiwan 13,251 29,235 55,290 121,982 317 96,377,986
Indonesia 2,053 4,529 1,087 2,398 -47 2,732,599
Philippines 3,381 7,459 3,626 8,000 7 9,861,501
Singapore 1,914 4,223 1,597 3,523 -17 6,345,094
China, Peoples Republic of 8,888 19,609 9,842 21,714 11 13,709,831
Thailand 422 931 848 1,871 101 1,850,139
Others* 1,201 2,650 633 1,397 -47 1,296,213
Subtotal 814,766 1,797,553 943,594 2,081,776 NA 2,801,402,070
Oceania
New Zealand 1,180 2,603 1,133 2,500 -4 1,822,290
Australia 2,241 4,944 3,327 7,340 48 5,805,394
Others * 657 1,449 1,196 2,639 82 2,819,723
Subtotal 4,078 8,997 5,656 12,478 NA 10,447,407
 Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. In recent years, all U.S. agricultural exports to Canada have been under reported. 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 4-17 Change in Poultry Exports

Table 4-17 shows the volume of U.S. poultry exports for FY 1998 and FY 1999, the percentage change, and the dollar value for FY 1999.

Area or Country Fiscal Year 1998 Fiscal Year 1999 Percentage Change from FY 1998 Fiscal Year 1999 Value in U.S. $
Metric Tons Thousands of Pounds Metric Tons Thousands of Pounds
Total 2,657,032 5,852,437 2,376,762 5,235,108 NA 1,742,987,687
North America
Mexico 232,118 511,268 238,275 524,830 3 196,441,723
Canada 96,146 211,773 100,138 220,566 4 225,582,378
Subtotal 328,264 723,042 338,413 745,396 NA 422,024,101
Caribbean
Jamaica 35,889 79,050 32,283 71,107 -10 18,410,585
Leeward-Windward Islands 20,630 45,440 21,767 47,944 6 24,089,558
Netherlands Antilles 14,306 31,511 18,363 40,447 28 19,556,022
Haiti 18,712 41,215 34,038 74,973 82 24,695,110
Dominican Republic 10,988 24,202 10,769 23,720 -2 14,330,092
Bahamas 6,570 14,471 6,581 14,495 0 8,414,293
Bermuda 2,700 5,947 2,804 6,176 4 6,719,327
Barbados 2,045 4,504 1,760 3,877 -14 1,482,427
Cayman Islands 1,287 2,835 908 2,000 -29 1,366,564
Trinidad and Tobago 1,433 3,156 2,554 5,625 78 2,338,360
Others* 294 648 294 648 0 539,049
Subtotal 114,854 252,980 132,121 291,013 NA 121,941,387
Central America
Guatemala 13,885 30,583 20,842 45,907 50 15,705,595
Panama 4,264 9,392 2,394 5,273 -44 3,455,430
Honduras 1,148 2,529 1,888 4,159 64 2,210,734
Nicaragua 577 1,271 1,035 2,280 79 1,050,003
Others* 228 502 405 892 78 622,756
Subtotal 20,102 44,277 26,564 58,510 NA 23,044,518
South America
Colombia 15,728 34,643 17,382 38,286 11 11,007,942
Surinam 9,175 20,209 9,128 20,106 -1 5,525,980
Guyana 5,933 13,068 7,655 16,861 29 3,854,813
Peru 2,713 5,976 2,338 5,150 -14 1,822,587
Equador 2,222 4,894 1,160 2,555 -48 1,284,402
Brazil 434 956 622 1,370 43 1,742,823
Others* 593 1,306 925 2,037 56 1,475,044
Subtotal 36,798 81,052 39,210 86,365 NA 26,713,591
European Union
Germany 24,421 53,790 9,649 21,253 -60 4,308,092
Belgium-Luxembourg 19,095 42,059 5,314 11,705 -72 2,254,569
Greece 17,434 38,401 17,898 39,423 3 12,879,273
Netherlands 1,128 2,485 7,989 17,597 608 4,281,038
United Kingdom 2,023 4,456 1,958 4,313 -3 1,117,476
Finland 2,885 6,355 1,901 4,187 -34 2,263,900
Italy 790 1,740 736 1,621 -7 624,097
Denmark 394 868 143 315 -64 157,220
France 304 670 37 81 -88 34,692
Spain 283 623 91 200 -68 97,308
Portugal 42 93 1 2 -98 9,326
Ireland 24 53 0 0 -100 0
Austria 24 53 0 0 -100 0
Subtotal 68,847 151,644 45,717 100,697 NA 28,026,991
Other Western Europe
Switzerland 1,752 3,859 946 2,084 -46 1,099,571
Others* 38 84 262 577 589 433,786
Subtotal 1,790 3,943 1,208 2,661 NA 1,533,357
Former USSR
Russian Federation 908,784 2,001,708 225,988 497,766 -75 114,107,599
Estonia 52,082 114,717 122,398 269,597 135 61,114,595
Latvia 137,025 301,814 290,460 639,774 112 121,224,752
Georgia, Republic of 43,125 94,988 23,832 52,493 -45 13,942,118
Ukraine 8,033 17,694 24,565 54,107 206 9,703,514
Azerbaijan, Republic 6,381 14,055 3,548 7,815 -44 2,833,282
Armenia, Republic of 4,131 9,099 3,801 8,372 -8 1,683,187
Kazakhstan, Republic of 2,137 4,707 3,488 7,683 63 3,360,603
Turkmenistan 0 0 987 2,174 New Export 767,519
Lithuania 0 0 716 1,577 New Export 1,070,585
Others* 88 194 605 1,333 588 481,257
Subtotal 1,161,786 2,558,975 700,388 1,542,690 NA 330,289,011
Eastern Europe
Poland 82,897 182,591 41,462 91,325 -50 24,361,756
Romania 14,872 32,757 5,580 12,291 -62 3,669,234
Yugoslavia 3,321 7,315 611 1,346 -82 285,544
Macedonia 2,984 6,573 1,692 3,727 -43 1,034,692
Albania 1,218 2,683 5,912 13,022 385 3,166,323
Bulgaria 1,004 2,211 2,503 5,513 149 1,931,963
Others* 699 1,540 173 381 -75 99,764
Subtotal 106,995 235,670 57,933 127,605 NA 34,549,276
Middle East
United Arab Emirates 19,528 43,013 19,068 42,000 -2 14,049,993
Turkey 8,251 18,174 10,450 23,017 27 6,067,636
Saudi Arabia 5,353 11,791 6,978 15,370 30 10,477,947
Kuwait 1,690 3,722 1,583 3,487 -6 5,063,190
Jordan 745 1,641 1,230 2,709 65 773,120
Oman 424 934 1,142 2,515 169 690,935
Others* 799 1,760 1,206 2,656 51 2,412,060
Subtotal 36,790 81,034 41,657 91,755 NA 39,534,881
Africa
South Africa, Republic 31,585 69,570 28,113 61,922 -11 18,617,057
Angola 9,723 21,416 8,954 19,722 -8 5,600,688
Ghana 457 1,007 1,049 2,311 130 857,947
Others* 759 1,672 758 1,670 0 636,037
Subtotal 42,524 93,664 38,874 85,625 NA 25,711,729
Asia
Hong Kong 512,277 1,128,353 630,398 1,388,529 23 394,686,585
Japan 108,057 238,009 113,800 250,658 5 137,311,499
China, Peoples Republic of 58,846 129,615 67,833 149,410 15 44,718,471
Singapore 11,920 26,255 11,872 26,150 0 13,313,414
Korea, Republic of 11,220 24,713 48,587 107,019 333 34,390,376
Taiwan 4,577 10,081 25,858 56,955 465 21,504,902
Philippines 2,628 5,788 24,294 53,510 824 14,388,374
Malaysia 1,245 2,742 3,825 8,425 207 3,707,926
Indonesia 847 1,866 8,462 18,639 899 6,008,935
Others* 656 1,445 458 1,009 -30 603,916
Subtotal 712,273 1,568,868 935,387 2,060,304 NA 670,634,398
Oceania
French Pacific Islands 9,970 21,960 8,460 18,634 -15 9,596,545
New Zealand 7,220 15,903 566 1,247 -92 625,110
Western Samoa 2,647 5,830 3,835 8,447 45 2,767,174
Micronesia, Federate 2,099 4,623 2,023 4,456 -4 1,855,627
Marshall Islands 1,745 3,844 1,534 3,379 -12 1,216,348
Other Pacific Islands 1,871 4,121 2,299 5,064 23 2,262,995
Others* 457 1,007 573 1,262 25 660,648
Subtotal 26,009 57,288 19,290 42,489 NA 18,984,447

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. In recent years, all U.S. agricultural exports to Canada have been under reported. 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: Bahrain, Australia, Qatar, Republic of Kyrgyzstan, French Guiana, Macau, Malta & Gozo, Argentina, Republic of Moldova, El Salvador, Lebanon, Chile, Venezuela, Nigeria, Turks & Caicos Islands, Palau, Israel, Denmark, Costa Rica, French West Indies, Egypt, Hungary, Namibia, Spain, Senegal, British Ind. Ocean, India, Belize, Thailand, Yemen, Republic of Belarus, Gambia, and Slovakia.

NA Not Applicable

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