The US Department Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced it will charge meat and poultry establishments, egg products plants, and importers and exporters for providing voluntary, overtime and holiday inspection and identification, certification and laboratory services.
The 2019 basetime, overtime, holiday, and laboratory services rates will be applied on the first FSIS pay period approximately 30 days after the publication of this notice (12/20/18), which begins on January 20, 2019.
FSIS uses formulas established in 2011, publishes the rates in Federal Register notices prior to the start of each calendar year, and applies the rates on the first FSIS pay period at the beginning of the calendar year.
Effective January 20th, the agency’s 2019 per hour rate schedule is as follows:
| Service | 2019 Rate | (2018 Rate, as a comparison) |
| Basetime | $59.96 | $57.52 |
| Overtime | $74.76 | $72.24 |
| Holiday | $89.56 | $86.88 |
| Laboratory | $75.56 | $73.20 |
For further information, the trade community may contact:
Michael Toner, Director, Budget Division, Office of Management, FSIS,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.
Telephone: (202) 690-8398
If you have any questions regarding the 2019 rates FSIS charges for identification, certification and lab services, Livingston can help! Please contact either your Livingston account manager or our regulatory affairs group at usregaffairs@livingstonintl.com