Grain Inspection and Weighing Systems in the Interior of the United States--An Evaluation

The Grain Standards Act made a number of substantive changes to improve the interior (nonexport) grain inspection and weighing systems and authorized the Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) to establish an interior grain weight supervision system. Under the existing systems, the Administrator of FGIS designates agencies to provide inspection and weight supervision services, licenses the agencies' inspection and weight supervision personnel, and supervises the agencies' operations. The Act also required GAO and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study the systems and required GAO to submit a report recommending any changes to the Act. Pursuant to that requirement, GAO evaluated the interior grain inspection and weighing systems.