The submission rate has been historically at an unacceptably low level. Increased efforts by agency employees and incentives for them have not significantly or consistently improved submission rates. U.S. slaughter plants in recent years have become larger and busier.
Plants incur a variety of costs associated with railing out a carcass.
Each animal railed out for additional examination represents a loss in time and money. Those costs can include increased time to examine, separate and retain carcasses, plus loss to condemnation. However, this resolution may not be the answer to low submission rates in all slaughter establishments.