States are important partners in the meat inspection system .各国都在重要的合作伙伴肉类检查制度 。 The 1967 Federal Meat Inspection Act and the 1968 Wholesome Poultry Products Act established a state-federal cooperative inspection program which requires state inspection programs to be “at least equal to” the federal program. 1967年的联邦肉类检验法和1968年尔瑟姆家禽产品法建立了国家，联邦合作社视察计划，需要国家检验的方案是“至少等于”的联邦计划。 Twenty-eight states currently have their own meat and poultry inspection programs serving about 2,000 small or very small establishments. 28个国家目前有自己的肉类和家禽的检查方案约2000小或非常小的服务机构。 In approximately one-third of the states with inspection programs, the state inspectors provide inspection coverage for both federal and state facilities under a program known as Talmidge/Aiken Act (T/A).在大约一个与第三国的检查方案，国家督学提供联邦和州设施等作为Talmidge /艾肯法(Ŧ称为程序检查覆盖/甲)。 The 1962 Talmidge/Aiken Act was designed to “avoid duplication of functions, facilities, and personnel and to attain closer coordination and greatern effectiveness and economy of administration of federal and state laws.” Nine of the current 28 states with inspection programs have cooperative T/A agreements with FSIS, covering a total of 307 federally inspected plants. 1962年Talmidge /艾肯法的目的是要“避免职能，设施重复，人员，并实现更密切的协调和greatern有效性和联邦及州法律管理经济。”目前28州中有九个检查计划合作Ŧ /阿与FSIS的协议，总占地307联邦政府视察工厂。 Further, FSIS routinely calls on the states to assist them under a cross-utilization cooperative agreement similar to the Talmaidage/Aiken agreement.此外，FSIS的经常呼吁协助下跨利用他们的合作协议类似Talmaidage /艾肯协议的国家。

　　State and local government food safety programs currently conduct more than 80 percent of the food establishment inspections, respond to and manage the majority of food emergencies in the Nation, and conduct the majority of food products testing for bacteriological or chemical contamination.国家和地方政府的食品安全计划目前进行的食肆巡查百分之八十以上，答复和处理紧急情况的食品在全国多数，并进行细菌的食物或化学污染检测的大部分产品。 There has never been a documented food illness from state-inspected meat and poultry products.从来没有一个生病的状态记录食物视察肉类和家禽产品。