date:Nov 29, 2012
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The program would reduce the number of USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service inspectors on duty and largely turn over physical inspections to company employees, while allowing plants to speed up their lines to 175 birds per minute, over the current 140 bpm limit. FSIS says expanding HIMP would modernize an outdated inspection system, focus federal inspectors on food safety issues instead of defects, and save taxpayers around $90 million over three years all while and preven