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Food Safety and Inspection Followup on the 2007 and 2008 Audit Initiatives

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number:
24016-0001-23
Report Type
Audit
Component
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Joint Report
No
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Recommendations

Develop and implement guidance for district management to help ensure the accuracy of the time reported in HATS and to identify anomalies and trends in the data.

Develop and implement policies and procedures that detail when edits can be made to HATS data and indicate that these edits can only be made by certain officials with justifications approved by headquarters.

Develop and implement an action plan to resolve the connectivity issues preventing inspectors from using PHIS at every establishment. This plan should include a nationwide assessment that identifies establishments with connectivity issues and provides specific dates for resolving the
connectivity issues