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with great controls penalized simply
based on its size," Harris said. On the
other hand, "we would not want to see
a plant rewarded simply because of its
small volume." He says industry favors
an approach in which volume is not
used in a way that eliminates incentives

for an establishment to improve its risk
control, and thereby its score, thus allowing plants of all sizes to achieve all
levels of inspection.
"We believe the practices carried out
in the plant are more important than
volume or inherent risk of the products,"

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NMA's Russell said. "And there has to
be some continuation of time at each
plant by the inspectors."
In speaking to Connecticut's DeLauro, Russell said she believes the project
has been moving ahead too quickly, and
more time should be taken to develop
it. "It's clear when I spoke to her that
she felt she hadn't received enough information about it," said Russell.
The American Meat Institute, Washington, also strongly supports the concept of risk-based
inspection, believing it should
eventually be applied to the entire farm-to-table
continuum. Yet,
when USDA announced the plan
Russell
was ready to be
tested, with plants being selected for
mandatory participation in the pilot
program being notified about it just before FSIS made its announcement, AMI
raised concerns about the rush, with
the plan being rolled out before it was
ready for implementation. The association urged USDA to slow the process
down, get more feedback from various
organizations, and allow voluntary participation in the pilot program.
Skip Seward, AMI vice president for
regulatory affairs, says it's too early to
tell how RBI will work. But he says that
risk-based inspection could be focused
on establishments
that need the help
from USDA. A
concern he has
is that small and
very small plants
do not have the
financial resources to carry out
Seward
the testing needed to put them in less risky categories.
"Risk-based inspection would provide
that opportunity for them, to move
into less-risky categories. I think industry would like to see FSIS provide
more help where it is needed," he said.
"FSIS has access to the best practices,
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