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OIG evaluated whether APHIS’ controls over select agents adequately reduced the threat to public, animal, and plant safety, and animal and plant products.
OIG evaluated APHIS’ controls to ensure compliance with the AWA and followed up on agency actions in response to a previous audit; OIG could not fully evaluate APHIS’ controls due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This product presents the results of the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) February – March 2021 pulse survey of Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspectors to obtain information about how FSIS frontline inspectors perceive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) safety in their work environments.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) performed an inspection of the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to determine whether USDA followed Federal and Departmental incident response guidance.
We evaluated the policies and procedures FSIS used to waive regulatoryrequirements and allow establishments, including those participating in SIP, to testnew procedures, equipment, and meat and poultry processing techniques.