AUDIT OF ADVANCED FOOD PROCESSING AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, REPORT NO.

AUDIT OF ADVANCED FOOD PROCESSINGAND DELIVERY SYSTEMS I NOHIO ANDWESTERN PENNSYLVANIACentralized Food Production Reduces CostReport No.: 98-00156-39Date: Febr uary 9, 2000Office of Inspector GeneralWashington DC 20420Memorandum to the Acting Under Secretary for Health (10)Audit of Advanced Food Processing and Delivery Systemsin Ohio and Western Pennsylvania1. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a follow up audit of the VeteransHealth Administration’s (VHA) central food production program and its advanced foodprocessing and delivery systems (AFPDS). The purpose of the audit was to determinewhether the central food production program implemented in 1998 at VA medicalfacilities in Dayton, Chillicothe, and Cleveland, Ohio; and in Butler, Pennsylvania,achieved its projected cost savings of about $1.7 million, mostly from staff reductions.The Dayton program was VHA’s first central food production program that covered sucha wide geographical area and operated among four facilities.2. A March 1990 OIG Audit Report, V HS&RA Plans for Advanced Food ProcessingSystems and Advanced Delivery Systems , recommended the development of central foodproduction programs nationwide. The audit found that the use of AFPDS would savesignificant operating and construction costs over more conventional stand alone foodprograms at each of the VA medical facilities. VHA did not concur in the auditconclusion, and cited pilot test results that showed that ...