Food Safety / Inspection
Food safety is the number one priority of the U.S. meat and poultry industry. The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 and the many regulations, notices and directives that it has generated ensure that the meat and poultry industry is among the most regulated industries in the nation. U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors are continuously present in meat packing plants and oversee compliance with a wide array of regulatory requirements.
Comments for the Public Record
- Control
of Listeria monocytogenes in
Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry
Products
- Docket No 2011–N–0922 and RIN 0910–AG10, Food and Drug Administration; Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals; Proposed Rule
- Docket No. FSIS-2013-0029; Notice of Availability and Opportunity for Comments: Compliance Guidelines for Allergens and Ingredients of Public Health Concern: Identification, Prevention and Control, and Declaration through Labeling
- Docket No. FSIS-2008-0017: Descriptive Designation for Needle- or Blade-Tenderized (Mechanically Tenderized) Beef Products
- Changes to the Salmonella Verification Sampling Program: Analysis of Raw Beef for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Salmonella
- Docket No. FSIS 2012-0020: Risk-Based Sampling of Beef Manufacturing Trimmings for Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 and Plans for Beef Baseline
- Docket No. FSIS 2012-0045: Compliance Guideline: Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in Post-lethality Exposed Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products
- Docket No. FSIS-2011-0009; Changes to FSIS Traceback, Recall Procedures for Escherichia coli O157:H7 Positive Raw Beef Product, and Availability of Compliance Guidelines
- Docket No. FSIS-2012-0026; Notice of Availability and Opportunity for Comments, Compliance Guideline for Controlling Salmonella in Market Hogs
- Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0920, RIN 0910-AG36, Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food
- Docket No. FDA-2011–N–0143; RIN 0910-AG64, Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals
- Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0146 (RIN 0910-AG66); Accreditation of Third-Party Auditors/Certification Bodies to Conduct Food Safety Audits and to Issue Certifications
- Docket No 2013–N–0013 and RIN 0910–AG98, Food and Drug Administration; Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food
- CFIA Consultation: A New Regulatory Framework for Federal Food Inspection: Overview of Proposed Regulations; Incorporation by Reference; Foreign Food Safety Systems Recognition; and Use of Private Certification to Inform Regulatory Risk-Based Oversight
- Salmonella Verification Sampling Program: Response to Comments on New Agency Policies and Clarification of Timeline for the Salmonella Initiative Program (SIP) (Docket No. FSIS-2008-0008) September 2011
- Changes to FSIS Traceback, Recall Procedures for Escherichia coli O157:H77 Positive Raw Beef Product, and Availability of Compliance Guidelines (July 6, 2012)
- Compliance Guide for Residue Prevention and Agency Testing Policy for Residues(June 27, 2012)
- Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection (May 29, 2012)
- Foodborne Illness Source Attribution Public Meeting (January 31, 2012)
- Pre-Harvest Management Controls and Intervention Options for Reducing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Shedding Cattle (July 13, 2010) (FSIS 2009-0034)
- New Performance Standards for Salmonella and Campylobacter in Young Chickens and Turkey Slaughter Establishments (July 13, 2010) (FSIS 2009-0034)
- FSIS Docket 2010-0008: Improving Tracing Procedures for E. coli O157:H7 Positive Beef Product - AMI Written Comments (May 7, 2010)
- AMI Response to the term Natural, FSIS Docket 2006-0040
Guidance
Government Links
- USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
- ask FSIS
- FSIS - Regulations & Policies
- FSIS Science
- FSIS Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory
- FSIS Risk Assessments
- FSIS Labeling Policies
- FSIS PHIS
- FSIS Strategic Plan, 2011-2016
- FSIS Salmonella Action Plan, December 2013
- FSIS Humane Interactive Knowledge Exchange (HIKE)
- FSIS Interactive Knowledge Exchange (IKE)
- National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
- National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
- U. S. Department of Agriculture
- NSF Nonfood Compounds Registration
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Foods
- FDA - Center for Veterinary Medicine