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2024 Meat Inspection
Mission Statement Protect public health and ensure consumer confidence in Illinois meat products by inspecting meat and poultry slaughter and processing operations.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Provide safe and high-quality meat products in Illinois by ensuring a regulatory-compliant meat and poultry slaughter and processing industry.
    1. Reduce the percentage of actionable findings.
    2. Increase the percentage of sites rated compliant.
  2. Provide comprehensive, consistent, and clear requirements, policies, and procedures.
    1. Provide professional, consistent, and fair inspections that follow the Department's policies and procedures.
      1. Provide a dispute resolution and appeals process that is efficient, consistent, and fair.
        Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Wholesome Meat Fund Statutory Authority 225 ILCS 650 et seq.
        Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2024 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2023 Actual Fiscal Year 2022 Actual
        Input Indicators
        Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 16,947.0 $ 14,879.0 $ 12,372.0 $ 12,128.0 $ 12,031.5
        Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 16,947.0 $ 14,879.0 $ 12,372.0 $ 12,128.0 $ 12,031.5
        Average monthly full-time equivalents 104.0 98.0 118.0 108.0 91.0
        Output Indicators
        Number of enforcement actions taken (warning letters and hearings) 48.0 44.0 40.0 72.0 30.0
        Livestock inspected (head) 240,000 232,011 240,000 232,000 235,608
        Livestock inspected (millions of pounds) 48.0 43.6 50.0 49.0 48.1
        Number of inspected plants/brokers 192.0 190.0 190.0 186.0 1,063
        Number of Inspected Brokers 700.0 714.0 600.0 614.0 0.0
        Number of planned/random compliance reviews 1,750 1,714 1,300 1,271 1,127
        Number of tasks/procedures performed 145,000 140,000 150,000 132,000 139,860
        Efficiency/Cost-Effectiveness Indicators
        Average cost per livestock inspected (head) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
        Number of tasks/procedures performed per inspector 2,000 1,950 2,000 1,415 2,027
        Average total cost of inspections per plant during the fiscal year N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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