In 1996, it nearly doubled the number of full time inspectors and developed a new grade of "meat technician," whose job was solely to ensure that slaughterhouses and butchers were conforming with rules intended to limit the disease.
He noted that the state environmental agency had a full-time inspector on the site.
Michelin relies on a few full-time inspectors; it is top-down, expert, exclusive.
This year, Mr. Naret said, three of the five full-time inspectors were New Yorkers.
Mr. Brown did not specify how many full-time inspectors there were in France.
For the first time, the Consumer Product Safety Commission will have full-time inspectors at some of the country's major ports.
"We have 65 full-time inspectors out there hitting properties day in and day out," Mr. Petrone said.
It has 45 full-time inspectors focusing on land management issues based in field offices throughout the region.
Unlike Michelin, which employs a brigade of full-time inspectors, the 50 Best relies on volunteers, a group of "restaurant-industry experts".
The environment ministry says it will put full-time inspectors into all big mines, tighten licensing and punish polluters more severely.
The United States division, for instance, has two full-time inspectors who travel to each of the organization's about 80 affiliates to evaluate cleanliness, security and the aptitudes and attitudes of managers, among other things.
