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Significant Guidance Documents
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This information is provided to comply with the OMB Bulletin on Agency Good Guidance Practices.
The bulletin requires agencies to maintain a current electronic list of all "significant guidance documents" as defined in the
Bulletin. See the Federal Register Notice (PDF Only) published January 25, 2007 (72 FR 3432-3440).
Additional background information is available in the memoranda at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/
fy2007/m07-13.pdf (PDF Only)
FSIS Significant Guidance Documents
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- Salmonella Compliance Guidelines for Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Establishments that Produce Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Products (Sep 19, 2012; PDF Only)
- Compliance Guideline for E. coli O157:H7 Sampled and Tested Claims for Boneless Beef Manufacturing Trimmings ("Trim") (May 2012; PDF Only)
This Compliance Guideline represents FSIS's thinking on labeling claims that boneless beef manufacturing trimmings (trim) have been sampled,
tested, and found to be negative for E. coli O157:H7 ("sampled and tested claims").
- Compliance Guideline for Establishments Sampling Beef Trimmings for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Organisms or Virulence Markers (May 2012; PDF Only)
This Compliance Guideline is meant to help beef slaughter/fabrication establishments that manufacture beef trimmings develop and
implement statistical process control procedures to assess the effectiveness of their controls for preventing contamination during the slaughter operation.
- FSIS Compliance Guideline HACCP Systems Validation - April 2012 (Apr 2012; PDF Only)
This guidance document is designed to help very small meat and poultry plants meet the initial validation requirements in 9 CFR 417.4.
- FSIS Guidance for Evaluating Test Kit Performance (Oct 15, 2010; PDF Only)
- Compliance Guidelines for Use of Video or Other Electronic Monitoring or Recording Equipment in Federally Inspected Establishments (Aug 26, 2011)
- Mobile Slaughter Unit Compliance Guide (May 2010; PDF Only)
- Compliance Guideline for Controlling Salmonella and Campylobacter in Poultry Third Edition May 2010 (May 10, 2010; PDF Only)
- Pre-Harvest Management Controls and Intervention Options for Reducing Escherichia Coli O157:H7 Shedding in Cattle (May 10, 2010; PDF Only)
- Draft Guidance for Small and Very Small Establishments on Sampling Beef Products for
Escherichia coli O157:H7 (Aug 12, 2008; PDF Only)
- "At Least Equal To" Guidelines for State Meat and Poultry Cooperative Inspection Programs (Jul 2008; PDF Only)
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Supplementary Guidance on the Use of Antimicrobial Agents to Control Listeria Monocytogenes in Post-Lethality Exposed Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products (Feb 11, 2008; PDF Only)
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Compliance Guidelines to Control Listeria monocytogenes In Post-Lethality Exposed Ready-To-Eat Meat and
Poultry Products (May 2006; PDF Only)
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Compliance Guidelines for Establishments on the FSIS Microbiological Testing Program and Other
Verification Activities for Escherichia coli O157:H7 (Apr 13, 2004; PDF Only)
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Additional Resources
- Compliance Assistance
FSIS provides iinformation for producers and agricultural businesses to help them maintain compliance with federally defined regulations for their establishments.
- Compliance Guides Index
This index provides additional guidance materials and instructions in support of FSIS notices, directives, policies and regulations.
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