Review of the Use of Process Control Indicators in the FSIS Public Health Risk-Based Inspection System. A Letter Report

摘要

Overall, the committee finds FSIS's commitment to developing a risk-based inspection system commendable and agrees with the general concept of using process control indicators as part of an algorithm to rank establishments in different levels of inspection. The committee also encourages FSIS to continue to provide the rationale and scientific evidence serving as the basis for the proposed system and praises FSIS for its resilience as it improves the proposal with public comments. In general, the committee found it a challenge to evaluate the adequacy of indicators of process control to rank establishments and allocate agency inspection resources without a clear understanding of the rationale for the general approach.