Which statement describes a documented outcome of meat and poultry inspection related to surveillance?

• A. Enhances consumer confidence in wholesomeness
• B. Increased marketability
• C. Provides statistical summary of slaughter activity (aids disease surveillance programs)
• D. FSIS inspectors cooperate with other agencies

Answer: (C)

The main idea here is that meat and poultry inspection generates data that underpin disease surveillance. As inspectors examine carcasses and record findings, they accumulate numerical data—how many animals were slaughtered, how many were condemned or rejected, the reasons for condemnation, regional patterns, and other inspection outcomes. This creates a statistical snapshot of slaughter activity that public health and animal health authorities can use to monitor disease trends, detect unusual spikes or clusters, and support timely control actions.

That’s why the option describing a statistical summary of slaughter activity that aids disease surveillance programs best fits. It directly ties inspection activities to surveillance by producing measurable information that can be analyzed to protect animal and human health.

The other outcomes—enhancing consumer confidence, increasing marketability, or inspectors cooperating with other agencies—are valuable results of inspection in broader terms, but they aren’t the specific surveillance outcome described here.