ATSP is an employee organization, established in 1974, that serves the Technical and Supervisory Employees of the Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture.

The purposes for which the organization was founded are:

• To promote the welfare of its members having as a primary purpose the improvement of working conditions among technical and supervisory professionals employed by the Agency.

• To cooperate and belong to other organizations that support the welfare of our membership.

• To promote a continuing improvement in the standards of training, career development, levels of conduct and conditions of safety for its members.

• To assist the Administrator in assuring that all qualified employees have an opportunity to make equal contributions toward developing and carrying out program policies.

• To promote efficiency in the Agency by contributing to the efforts of the Administrator and to the protection of the consumer.