Procurement of Beef By the Department of Defense--Are We Getting Our Money's Worth?

Abstract

Improvement is needed in the Department of Defense's procurement of beef for feeding military personnel. Department specifications for beef are costly, complex, and possibly more stringent than required to meet the needs of military services. As a consequence, there is a limited number of meat processors that are willing or able to sell beef to the Department. Further, it has been demonstrated in fiscal year 1975that much of the beef accepted from contractors did not meet the specifications. Thus Department specifications for beef are not achieving the purposes for which they were designated. (See chs. 2 and 4.) Department inspections made in contractors' plants have not insured that the beef delivered meets specifications. The principal cause was a lack of sufficiently trained and experienced inspection personnel. (See ch. 5.)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 25, 1976
Accession Number
AD1170741

Entities

People

  • Elmer B. Staats

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Biomedical

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  • Acceptability
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Commerce
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Military Personnel
  • New England
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States

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  • Medicine

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