USDA urges new user fees to boost meat inspections - (Reuters)
February 4, 2008 – 4:04 pmWASHINGTON — In the wake of several high-profile food recalls, the White House on Monday was cited as proposing two new user fees that would provide $96 million to help pay for additional meat inspections.
The Bush administration proposed in its fiscal 2009 budget one plan that would generate $92 million through a licensing fee that all meat plants would pay based on production levels. An additional $4 million would be collected from plants that require additional testing, have recalls or inspections linked to an outbreak of food-borne illnesses.
Agriculture Undersecretary Richard Raymond was quoted as saying, “Every other facility in this country that can impact your health or any other person that can impact your health … has to have a license,” and that meat plants “bear some responsibility to pay for part of their inspection fee.”
The White House said the proposal, which requires congressional approval, would generate fees that will […]
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