1. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service Using Risk to Direct In-Plant Processing and Off-line Slaughter Inspection Activities Bobby Palesano Office of Policy, Program and Employee Development

2. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 2 Key Points All processing plants continue to have daily inspection Focuses on processing and off-line slaughter inspection activities e.g., does not cover carcass by carcass inspection

3. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 3 Key Points Implementation of Risk-Based Inspection in processing is a multi-phase process to allow adequate time of inspection program personnel to familiarize themselves with the system Training will be provided to inspection program personnel Allows time for programming of computerized Risk-Based System and for the development and delivery of training

4. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 4 Key Points Under Risk-Based Inspection, the inspection level will be based on a combination of the plant’s ability to control the risk and the inherent risk of the product Noncompliance records will continue to be documented for regulatory noncompliance, but not all NRs will be treated equally when determining the plant’s ability to control the risk

5. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 5 Implementation Proposal During the period that the scheduler is turned off, inspection program personnel will familiarize themselves with situations that could be predictive indicators for basis of concern, e.g., construction in a RTE operation, new suppliers of raw materials, significant employee turnover

6. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 6 Implementation Proposal Should we use predictive indicators?

7. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 7 Implementation Proposal How would we capture predictive indicators?

8. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 8 Implementation Proposal What are other examples of predictive indicators?

9. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 9 Implementation Proposal Inherent risk and risk control are combined to calculate an “inspection level” for each establishment

10. Risk Combinations Inherent Product Risk Establishment Risk Control Y X Consistent Variable More Variable Low Medium High Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 1 Level 3 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 2

11. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 11 Questions How many levels of inspection are optimal?

12. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 12 Questions How do plants move from one level to another?

13. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 13 Questions How frequently should FSIS evaluate data to make decisions on the plant moving from one level to another?

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15. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 15 Link for Sample NRs http://www.fsis.usda.gov/FSIS_Employees/ Food_Safety_Regulatory_Essentials/index. asp