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Notice 53-04: Policy For Movement Between Custom Exempt
Facilities
The
purpose of this notice is to explain the conditions under
which custom exempt products can be transported between
custom exempt facilities and reiterate policies related
to Specified Risk Materials (SRMs).
FSIS
Notice 50-04: Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) - Issues Relating To
Tonsils
And Brain Collection
FSIS
notice to clarify which practices are acceptable for removing
tonsils from cattle, outlined in the regulations that
prescribe requirements for the removal, segregation, and
disposition of specified risk materials (SRMs).
Additional
Information & Diagrams Regarding the Removal
of Tonsils in Cattle
These
pictures identify the SRM (tonsils) that need to be
removed from the tongue.
FSIS
Notice 40-04: Additional Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(BSE) Surveillance Sampling Questions and Answers
The
Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing this
notice to provide answers to questions FSIS personnel
have asked regarding FSIS' BSE surveillance sampling program.
- Posted 8/5/04 by JBW
FSIS
Notice 29-04: Questions and Answers for FSIS Notice
28-04 Regarding Ante-mortem Condemned Cattle
This notice provides clarification
to FSIS Notice 28-04.
FSIS
Notice 28-04: Sample
Collection for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance
Program
FSIS is issuing new sample
collection, documentation, and shipping procedures to
inspection program personnel, particularly Public Health
Veterinarians (PHVs).
FSIS
Notice 18-03: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Surveillance Program
FSIS is reissuing this information
to reiterate to veterinary medical officers (VMOs) that
they are to pay particular attention to cattle showing
signs of central nervous system (CNS) disorders.
FSIS
Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis (PRIA) of the BSE
Regulations
The
preliminary analyses of the costs/benefits and the effects
of the BSE regulations on small business.
FSIS
Technical Service Center - Common BSE Questions and Answers
Frequently
Asked Questions received at the FSIS Technical Service
Center in Omaha, NE. Updated March 19, 2004.
International
BSE Advisory Board Issues Report
The
Foreign Animal and Poultry Disease Advisory Committee's
response to the detection of the first case of BSE in
the United States.
Summary
of the Report
Complete
Report on Measures Relating to BSE in the United States
FSIS
to Conduct Teaching Workshops on BSE
The workshops are designed
to provide an overview of the Agency's new regulatory
requirements to owners and operators of small and very
small establishments that process cattle or produce products
using Advanced Meat Recovery (AMR) and for State plants
and State program personnel.
Agenda
for FSIS Teaching Workshops on BSE
USDA
Issues New Regulations To Address BSE
January
8, 2004 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food
Safety and Inspection Service issued four new rules
that will go into effect on January 12, 2004.
FSIS
Notice 10-04: Questions
and Answers, Regarding the Age Determination of Cattle
and Sanitation
FSIS
Notice 9-04: Verification
Instructions For The Interim Final Rule Regarding Specified
Risk Materials (SRMs) In Cattle
FSIS
Notice 7-04: Questions
and Answers For FSIS Notice 4-04 Regarding FSIS's BSE
Regulations
FSIS
Notice 5-04:
Interim Guidance For Non-Ambulatory Disabled Cattle and
Age Determination
FSIS
Notice 4-04: Awareness
Meeting Regarding New Regulations that Prohibit Non-Ambulatory
Disabled Cattle and the Use of Certain Materials from
Cattle for Human Food
Docket
No. 03-048N: BSE
Surveillance Program
Docket
No. 03-025IF:
Prohibition of the Use of Specified Risk Materials for
Human Food and Requirements for the Disposition of Non-Ambulatory
Disabled Cattle
Docket
No. 03-038IF: Meat
Produced by Advanced Meat/Bone Separation Machinery and
Meat Recovery (AMR) Systems
Docket
No. 01-033IF: Prohibition
of the Use of Certain Stunning Devices Used to Immobilize
Cattle During Slaughter
Using
Dentition to Age Cattle
Information
from the FSIS Technical Service Center on how to use dentition
to age cattle.
New
Question & Answer Documents from FSIS
Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy
FSIS
Strengthens Protection Against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(BSE)
Humane
Handling of Disabled Livestock
FSIS
Directive 6900.1 defining ambulatory disabled livestock
non-ambulatory disabled livestock.
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