Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 10/8/18



The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said that in the week of Oct. 14 it plans to implement a reorganization plan aimed at increasing oversight and improving customer service.

“The changes being made allow FSIS to provide the best possible customer experience, with faster, friendlier, easier access to services,” the agency said in its Constituent Update report late last week. “Ultimately, the goal is to improve customer service and allow FSIS to be the most effective in carrying out our mission to protect public health.”

FSIS said the reorganization would not affect in-plant inspection personnel, while the impact to the agency’s non in-plant organizational components will vary. There will not be any impact on FSIS employee positions, grade levels or salaries, nor will any FSIS employee be required to change duty stations, the agency said.

“While some responsibilities may shift, FSIS day-to-day work will remain the same, and we will continue to carry out our important mission of protecting public health,” FSIS officials said.

The report did not give further details of the reorganization.

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