S. HRG. 100-287

INVESTIGATION INTO FOOD SAFETY AND
INSPECTION SERVICE (FSIS)

INSPECTION ACTIVITIES

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

MAY 15, 1987

Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs

77-050

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1987

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402

LINDA GUSTITUS, Staff Director and Chief Counsel

MARY BERRY GERWIN, Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the Minority
ROBERT W. PORTER, Jr., Minority Professional Staff Member

FRANKIE DE VERGIE, Chief Clerk

(II)

Donald L. Houston, D.V.M., Associate Administrator, Food Safety and Inspec-

tion Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, accompanied by Lester Craw-

ford, D.V.M., Associate Administrator...

Brian L. Usilaner, Associate Director, National Productivity Group, General

Government Division, U.S. General Accounting Office, accompanied by Clif-

ton E. Spruill and Connie Sawyer, Evaluators, Norfolk Regional Office,

GAO.

Charles C. Allen III, President, Allen Family Foods, representing the Nation-

al Broiler Council, accompanied by Gary Jay Kushner, Legal Counsel, and

Mahlon A. Burnette III, Ph.D., Technical Advisor..

Stanley J. Emerling, Executive Vice President, National Association of Meat

Purveyors...

Kenneth T. Blaylock, National President, American Federation of Govern-

ment Employees, accompanied by James Murphy, AFGA member and

USDA Inspector, Smyrna, DE.

Vernie Gee, Inspector, Food, Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, Gardenia,

CA, accompanied by Thomas Devine, Legal Director, Government Account-

ability Project

Rodney E. Leonard, Executive Director, Community Nutrition Institution

(III)