HACCP models project showing improvements in food safety
Data for young chickens indicate that a revised design of the Food Safety and Inspection Service's (FSIS) HACCP-based Inspection Models Project is showing improvements in food safety and non-food safety defects (also known as "other consumer protections. OCPs")
FSIS administrator Thomas J. Billy said that defects in young chickens have been markedly lower among plants using the revised inspection system, which establishes performance standards for food safety and defects, and follows up with inspections to ensure that the standards are being met. Plants participating in the project must revise their HACCP systems to meet the performance standards and establish process control points to address OCP concerns.