06—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 19,1981
WASHINGTON, D.C. - To help
fewer inspectors do the nation’s
meat inspection job more ef
ficiently, the U.S. Department of
. Agriculture is streamlining in
spection requirements in hog
slaughtering plants.
One result of the changes will be
a reduction of about 110 inspector
positions, Donald L. Houston,
administrator of USDA’s Food
Safety and Inspection Service,
said. But, he said, these inspectors
will be reassigned to other
essential areas needing personnel.
Houston said the standards are
being published as an interim
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Mirrors help streamline hog inspection ,
regulation, meaning they go into
effect immediately, because
current federal hiring restrictions
create an immediate need for
more efficient use ot agency
personnel.
However, the regulation will be
reviewed at the close ot the
comment period on October 27.
With the new procedure, made
possible by knowledged gained by
meat inspectors over the years,
today’s inspectors can complete
their examinations in less tune,
Houston said.
Aided by a mirror, the inspector
can observe all sides ot the carcass
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reliance on visual, rather than
manual, inspection ot the internal
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have learned that they need to
observe and teel certain organs,
while simply observing others is
sufficient.
"Diseases ot the spleen, for
instances, such as tuberculosis or
abscesses, are readily visible,”
Houston said. "Liver lesions are
easy to see, and abscesses rarely
are buried in swine liver as they
frequently are in the much thicker
liver of cattle.”
Houston said in plants where the
new procedures are used, three
inspectors will be able to inspect
up to 506 hogs per hour, compared'
to 337 per hour at present. Similar
or higher gams m productivity are
achievable in larger plants which
have more inspectors.
‘•The new procedures will permit
increased inspector productivity
with no loss of effectiveness,” said
Houston. "The changes are based
on improved inspection
procedures.
"Present inspection procedures
have been used since at least the
early 19305. Since that tune, the
incidence of diseases found during
inspection has changed, and tests
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