For use beginning 10/1/2021
This directive provides basic information on the moving window approach for Salmonella sampling for raw poultry products, including FSIS sample scheduling and the subsequent categorization of performance. It also provides instructions to inspection program personnel (IPP) for reviewing the establishment’s Salmonella control programs, and for collecting follow-up samples at establishments that do not meet (exceed) performance standards for chicken or turkey (poultry) carcasses, raw chicken parts, or not ready to eat (NRTE) comminuted poultry products. This directive also provides instructions for IPP to document a Memorandum of Interview (MOI) regarding categorization, to verify corrective actions and reassessment requirements (if applicable), and for Enforcement, Investigations, and Analysis Officers (EIAOs) to perform Public Health Risk Evaluations (PHREs) and Food Safety Assessments (FSA) when appropriate. Per 6 V.S.A. § 3305 (8), the federal meat inspection regulations and federal poultry inspection regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 3, 9 CFR §§ 300.1 et seq., together with any amendments, supplements, or revisions thereto, are adopted, for the State meat inspection program to operate in an ‘equal to’ status.
This directive provides basic information on the moving window approach for Salmonella sampling for raw poultry products, including FSIS sample scheduling and the subsequent categorization of performance. It also provides instructions to inspection program personnel (IPP) for reviewing the establishment’s Salmonella control programs, and for collecting follow-up samples at establishments that do not meet (exceed) performance standards for chicken or turkey (poultry) carcasses, raw chicken parts, or not ready to eat (NRTE) comminuted poultry products. This directive also provides instructions for IPP to document a Memorandum of Interview (MOI) regarding categorization, to verify corrective actions and reassessment requirements (if applicable), and for Enforcement, Investigations, and Analysis Officers (EIAOs) to perform Public Health Risk Evaluations (PHREs) and Food Safety Assessments (FSA) when appropriate. Per 6 V.S.A. § 3305 (8), the federal meat inspection regulations and federal poultry inspection regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 3, 9 CFR §§ 300.1 et seq., together with any amendments, supplements, or revisions thereto, are adopted, for the State meat inspection program to operate in an ‘equal to’ status.
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