Source: Lisa M. Keefe, MEATINGPLACE, 12/23/13

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has posted its annual performance plan for the coming year, which includes eight specific goals to be achieved by the end of fiscal 2014.
•      Goal 1: Ensure that Food Safety Inspection Aligns with Existing and Emerging Risks
•      Goal 2: Maximize Domestic and International Compliance with Food Safety Policies
•      Goal 3: Enhance Public Education and Outreach to Improve Food-Handling Practices
•      Goal 4: Strengthen Collaboration Among Internal and External Stakeholders to Prevent Foodborne Illness
•      Goal 5: Effectively Use Science to Understand Foodborne Illness and Emerging Trends
•      Goal 6: Implement Effective Policies to Respond to Existing and Emerging Risks
•      Goal 7: Empower Employees with the Training, Resources, and Tools to Enable Success in Protecting Public Health
•      Goal 8: Based on the Defined Agency Business Needs, Develop, Maintain, and Use Innovative Methodologies, Processes, and Tools, including PHIS, to Protect Public Health Efficiently and Effectively to Support Defined Public Health Needs and Goals

It is the third annual performance plan issued as part of the FSIS Fiscal Years 2011-16 Strategic Plan.

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