Ollinger, Michael; Muth, Mary K.; Karns, Shawn A.; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2011
, grocery stores, and other major customers of meat and poultry processing plants conduct their own audits or hire auditors to … maintain process control. In this report, we document the extent of food safety audits in meat and poultry processing plants …. We also examine the associations between the use of audits and plant size, firm structure, and food safety technology use …