HIMP Redesign Achievement of Performance Standards Young Chicken Plants
| Defect Categories | Pilot Performance Standards Based on Traditional Inspection (% of carcasses) | HIMP Plant Performance During FSIS Inspector Verification Checks from 21 Plants (Average)* (% of carcasses) |
|---|---|---|
| Food Safety 1 Condition- Infectious (e.g., Septicemia, toxemia) | 0.1%** | 0.00% |
| Food Safety 2 Contamination-Digestive Content (e.g., fecal material) | 1.5%** | 0.1%. |
| OCP 1 Condition-Animal Diseases (e.g., airsacculitis) | 1.70% | 1.10% |
| OCP 2 Condition- Miscellaneous (e.g., bruises, sores, and other processing defects) | 52.50% | 26.90% |
| OCP 3 Contamination-Digestive Content (e.g., ingesta) | 18.60% | 10.00% |
| OCP 4 Dressing Defects- Other (e.g., feathers) | 80.00% | 60.80% |
| OCP 5 Dressing Defects- Digestive Tract Tissue (e.g., bursa, cloaca) | 20.80% | 8.1.% |
* Includes 21 Amick Farms, Cagle’s – AL, Cagle’s – KY, Choctaw Foods, Claxton Poultry Columbia Farms, Conagra, Gold Kist, Golden Rod Broilers, Marshall Durbin – AL, Marshall Durbin – MS, OK Foods – AR, OK Foods – OK, Perdue Farms, Inc – NC, Pilgrim’s Pride – Nacogdoches,TX, Pilgrim’s Pride – Mt Pleasant,TX, Pilgrim’s Pride – WV, Rocco Farm Foods, Simmons Foods, Townsends Inc – AR, and Townsends Inc – NC.
3,512,550 birds selected for Food Safety verification checks
987,250 birds selected for Other Consumer Protection verification checks
** FSIS has a zero tolerance policy for Food Safety 1 & 2
** FSIS has a zero tolerance policy for Food Safety 1 & 2
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Last Updated: Jun 27, 2013