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Vermont Meat Inspection has received several inquiries from retail meat processors wanting to sell their retail exempt meat products from a third-party location they do not own or operate. The FMIA, PPIA, and Vermont Meat and Poultry Inspection laws do not prohibit the sale and storage of meat or poultry food products from a third-party location, but there are steps that must be followed for the products to maintain their exempt status.

Effective date 12/17/2024
This notice announces mandatory FSIS Review of Ready-to-Eat Inspection Fundamentals training for all Consumer Safety Inspectors (CSIs).

This notice instructs inspection program personnel (IPP) on the actions to take to complete two new questionnaires in the Public Health Information System (PHIS): the Physical Plant Modification Profile Questionnaire and the Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Questionnaire. The notice instructs IPP to complete the new Physical Plant Modification Profile Questionnaire one-time in all official establishments. This notice also instructs IPP to schedule and complete a separate Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Questionnaire task on a recurring routine basis in all official establishments with Active RTE Product Groups as entered in the Establishment Profile in PHIS. This notice instructs Supervisors and Office personnel of responsibilities and actions to take in response to questionnaire and report findings. FSIS is issuing this notice, and the associated questionnaires, to gather data about potential immediate food safety risk factors in official establishments and for future decision-making.