USDA considers new formula for overtime, voluntary inspection fees

摘要

For the first time since 2006 the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing to raise the rates for keeping inspectors around during the holidays or to work overtime.FSIS' notice, published in the Oct. 8 Federal Register, requests comments by Nov. 9 on a proposed adjustment to the formula for calculating fees for all voluntary, overtime, or holiday inspection services.Under the current framework, for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the base rate for inspection fees is established at