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The
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection
Service on Monday announced new policies and practices for
the agency's salmonella verification sampling program and
related activities in meat and poultry establishments.
The changes include:
- Publication
of completed FSIS verification sample set results for
establishments that show inconsistency in their ability
to meet salmonella performance standards, beginning with
those from young chicken slaughter establishments
- A voluntary
incentive-based program for meat and poultry establishments
that should yield significant data on attribution of human
illness to FSIS-regulated products
- Increasing
the agency's use of targeted sampling approaches and collaborative
serotype and subtype data
The policies
outlined in the notice are set to take effect on March 28.
FSIS is seeking comments, which must be submitted by Feb.
27.
To view the full notice, click here.
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