date:Nov 12, 2012
pector would be required to monitor each line, as opposed to the current two or three usually present. Line speeds would increase from their current limit of 140 birds per minute to a limit of 175 bpm.
After implementing HIMP as a trial at 25 plants over the next 14 years, FSIS submitted a proposal to implement HIMP nationwide in January of 2012.
Now Phyllis McKelvey, a former FSIS inspector, has started a petition on Change.org that urges FSIS not to implement HIMP because it allows for more