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Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection

Program Information

Popular name

Talmadge Aiken Program, Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program

Program Number

10.477

Program objective

To assure that all meat, poultry and egg products produced in plants and shipped in commerce are federally inspected for safety, wholesomeness, and proper labeling.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2024

    Provided Assistance to 12 state agencies participating in the Talmadge-Aiken program, which assists FSIS in the protection of public health by preventing illness from meat, poultry and egg products.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

MPI-7, Meat and Poultry Inspection Manual; Sanitation Handbook; 9 CFR 301-592, Inspection Regulations.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public

Additional resources