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Docket No. FSIS-2012-0020 | PDF (Sep 19, 2012)
Risk-Based Sampling of Beef Manufacturing Trimmings for Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 and Plans for Beef Baseline

Docket No. FSIS 2012-0024 | PDF (Sep 19, 2012)
Availability of FSIS Salmonella Compliance Guidelines for Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Establishments that Produce Ready-to-Eat Products. Access the Compliance Guide

FSIS Notice 59-12 (Sep 12, 2012; PDF Only)
Notification of Revised Listeria Guideline Availability. Access the Compliance Guide<

This section includes information on the meat, poultry, and egg products inspection laws, Federal Register documents, to include access to the latest version of Title 9 CFR Parts 300-592, Petitions, FSIS directives and notices, and administrative regulations.

This section includes information on compliance guides, HACCP guides, the humane interactive knowledge exchange (HIKE) , the interactive knowledge exchange (IKE), labeling guidance, new technologies, PolicyPoints and small and very small outreach.

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This section includes information on meat, poultry, and egg products establishments, and regulatory enforcement.

For More Information Regarding the Public Health Informaiton System (PHIS)

This section includes information and resources on the Public Health Information System (PHIS), the dynamic data analytics system developed by FSIS as part of our effort to collect, consolidate and analyze data.

This section includes information on the requirements for State inspection programs, reviews of State programs, plants operating under State inspection, and States without inspection programs.

This section contains information on exports and imports, the equivalence process, import and export data, and Codex Alimentarius.

This section contains links to reports from the National Advisory Committee on Meat & Poultry Inspection as well as the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria For Foods.

Last Modified: September 19, 2012


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