USDA inspection data: what a difference a decade makes

Taking a closer look at the USDA inspection process in FY 2018

“…Noncompliance items are down in a number of research-related areas B. Taylor Bennett and Matthew R. Bailey T he National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) has monitored the USDA inspection process and reported on our findings in webinars for the past nine years. In a July 2017 Lab Animal commentary, 1 we reviewed the data for FY 2006 and FY 2016, documenting how the research community had reduced the number of citations received for items of noncompliance (NCIs) unique to research facilities. In our review of the FY 2018 inspection data, we noted there has been a further reduction in the number of citations.…”