10,000 Series: Laboratory Services

The listing of FSIS directives for this series addresses E. coli, Salmonella, sample seals, residues, and sampling programs. These directives provide official communications and instruction to Agency personnel in carrying out their functions.

• VT Directive 10000: Vermont Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Testing
• VT Directive 10010.1: Sampling Verification Activities for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli (STEC) in Raw Beef Products
• VT Directive 10010.2 Rev 1: Verification Activities For Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli (STEC) In Raw Beef Products 
• VT Directive 10010.3: Traceback Methodology for Escherichia Coli (E. Coli) O157:H7 in Raw Ground Beef Products and Bench Trim
• FSIS Directive 10210.5: FSIS Sampling Data Reporting Through Laboratory Information Management System-Direct
• VT Directive 10230.6 Rev. 1: Submitting Tissue Specimens for Pathological Evaluation
• VT Directive 10240.3: Vermont Ready to Eat Sampling Programs
• VT Directive 10240.4 Rev. 4: Listeria Rule Verification Activities
• VT Directive 10240.5 Rev 4: Verification Procedures for Enforcement, Investigations and Analysis Officers (EIAOs) for the Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) Regulation and Routine Risk-based Listeria monocytogenes (Rlm) Sampling Program 
• VT Directive 10240.6: Use of Whole Genome Sequencing Results for Ready-to-Eat Sampling Programs
• VT Directive 10250.1: VT Salmonella and Campylobacter Performance Standards Sampling Program
• VT Directive 10250.2: Performance Standards Salmonella Verification Program for Raw Poultry Products 
• VT Directive 10,300.1 Rev 1: Intensified Verification Testing (IVT) Protocol for Sampling of Product, Food Contact Surfaces and Environmental Surfaces for Listeria monocytogenes
• VT Directive 10400.1 Rev 1: Sample Collection From Cattle Under the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Ongoing Surveillance Program         
• VT Directive 10,800.1 Rev.3: Residue Sampling, Testing and Other Verification Procedures under the National Residue Program for Meat and Poultry Products

• VT Directive 10,800.2: Residue Sampling and Testing Under the National Residue Program for Meat and Poultry Products 

• VT Directive 10,800.3:Prioritizing Inspector-Generated Sampling Under the National Residue Program for Meat and Poultry  
  • KIS test instructions
  • examples of official ear tags and another example
• VT Directive 10800.4: The National Residue Program Roles, Functions, And Responsibilities