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Audit follow-up: Utah agriculture inspection changes still in process
Auditors found the Department of Agriculture and Food has begun acting on all three recommendations but has not finished any of them.
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A legislative audit follow-up found that the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is making progress on three recommendations from a January 2025 efficiency evaluation of its regulatory inspections, but that all three remain in process. [1]
Inspectors now use cost calculators to compare overnight lodging with travel time for rural inspections. In a limited sample of examples auditors reviewed, potential savings ranged from $70.58 to $5,788.01, averaging $839.43, though some examples showed potential added cost. The department has also published policy allowing extended workdays and overnight stays and has created educational material for the firms it inspects. [1]
Average monthly inspections have increased 26.1% since the original evaluation, and follow-up inspections fell to 16.4% of the total. About 2,000 inspections remain overdue, and 38.2% of those are overdue by more than eight months, up from about 25% in the original evaluation. [1]
The Office of the Legislative Auditor General said it will keep following up until all recommendations are fully implemented. [1]
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