Source: Rita Jane Gabbett, MEATINGPLACE.COM, 4/14/11

The Food Safety and Inspection Service announced it will amend its regulations to establish formulas for calculating the rates that it charges meat and poultry establishments, egg products plants, and importers and exporters for providing voluntary, overtime, and holiday inspection, and identification, certification, and laboratory services.

In a final rule published in the Federal Register, FSIS said the 2011 basetime, overtime, holiday, and laboratory services rates rule will be applied on the effective date of the rule.

For future years, FSIS will use the formulas established to calculate the annual rates.

FSIS will publish the rates annually in Federal Register notices prior to the start of each calendar year and will apply them on the first FSIS pay period at the beginning of the calendar year. The agency also is increasing the codified flat annual fee for its Accredited Laboratory Program for Fiscal 2012 and Fiscal 2013.

The Federal Register notice on this final rule can be viewed here. 

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