This directive provides instructions to inspection program personnel (IPP) regarding how to perform the Public Health Information System (PHIS) Pre-Operational (Pre-Op) Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (Sanitation SOP) verification task in meat and poultry slaughter and processing operations.
B. IPP assigned to meat and poultry establishments that maintain less than daily (LTD) sanitation procedures are also to follow the instructions in VT Directive 5000.5, Verification of Less Than Daily (LTD) Sanitation Procedures in Processing Operations, when performing the Pre-Op Sanitation SOP verification task.
KEY POINTS:
• Provides instructions regarding the development of a risk-based approach for selecting equipment to examine in meat and poultry processing and slaughter operations and official import establishments (Chapter II)
• Clarifies how non-food contact surfaces and non-production areas are to be addressed during the performance of the Pre-Op Sanitation SOP verification task
• Clarifies the appropriate regulations to cite when documenting noncompliance with the regulatory requirements in 9 CFR 416
B. IPP assigned to meat and poultry establishments that maintain less than daily (LTD) sanitation procedures are also to follow the instructions in VT Directive 5000.5, Verification of Less Than Daily (LTD) Sanitation Procedures in Processing Operations, when performing the Pre-Op Sanitation SOP verification task.
KEY POINTS:
• Provides instructions regarding the development of a risk-based approach for selecting equipment to examine in meat and poultry processing and slaughter operations and official import establishments (Chapter II)
• Clarifies how non-food contact surfaces and non-production areas are to be addressed during the performance of the Pre-Op Sanitation SOP verification task
• Clarifies the appropriate regulations to cite when documenting noncompliance with the regulatory requirements in 9 CFR 416
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