FSIS Strategic Plan Maps Out Five Year Food Safety Agenda
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is planning to expand its testing in a 5-year strategic plan made public this month.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Strategic Plan 2017-2021 describes plans to increase inspections, enforce tighter food safety regulations and expand processes for evaluating imported food products, specifically meat, poultry and eggs. Along with this plan comes three main goals: protect public health by preventing foodborne illness, modernize inspection systems, policies and the use of scientific approaches, and achieve operational excellence.