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1 online resource (xv, 97 pages) |
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text file |
| Summary |
"The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the regulatory agency in the US Department of Agriculture that is responsible for ensuring that meat, poultry, and processed egg products produced domestically or imported into the United States are safe, wholesome, and properly labeled. FSIS collects a voluminous amount of data in support of its regulatory functions, but the two major types of FSIS data that are currently being considered for public release are sampling and testing data (derived from standard laboratory tests) and inspection and enforcement data (derived from text written by inspectors). Some of those data are already released to the public in aggregated form but not in disaggregated, establishment-specific form. In recent years, the Obama administration has implemented measures to facilitate openness in government, including the requirement that federal agencies publish information online and provide public access to information in a timely manner; in a form that can be easily retrieved, downloaded, indexed, and searched with tools that are available on the Internet; and without the need for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The Potential Consequences of Public Release of Food Safety and Inspection Service Establishment-Specific Data examines the potential food-safety benefits and other consequences of making establishment-specific data publicly available on the Internet. The report includes how factors such as level of aggregation, timing of release, level of completeness, and characterization of the data or context in which the data are presented might affect their utility in improving food safety. The report also examines potential ways that food-safety benefits and other effects of publicly posting the data might be measured"--Publisher description. "[FSIS collects data] on all federally regulated processing or slaughter establishments and other facilities that are involved in the supply chain (such as warehouses, transporters, and retail stores)"--Page 5. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Background -- Transparency and food safety and inspection service data-sharing -- Experience with public posting of government data -- Public release of food safety and inspection service establishment-specific data. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United States. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
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United States. Food Safety and Inspection Service. |
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Food adulteration and inspection -- United States.
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Food adulteration and inspection. |
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United States. |
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Food -- United States -- Safety measures.
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Food. |
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Industrial safety. |
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Disclosure of information -- Government policy -- United States.
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Disclosure of information -- Government policy. |
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Disclosure of information. |
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Electronic public records -- United States.
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Electronic public records. |
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Food Safety. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Study of Food Safety and Other Consequences of Publishing Establishment-Specific Data.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Study of Food Safety and Other Consequences of Publishing Establishment-Specific Data. Potential consequences of public release of food safety and inspection service establishment-specific data 9780309224659 (DLC) 2012382327 (OCoLC)769823114 |
| ISBN |
9780309224666 |
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0309224667 |
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9780309224659 (print) |
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0309224659 (print) |
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