Significant Guidance Documents

This information is provided to comply with the OMB Bulletin on Agency Good Guidance Practices. The bulletin requires agencies to maintain a current electronic list of all "significant guidance documents" as defined in the Bulletin and in Executive Order 13422. See the Federal Register Notice | PDF published January 25, 2007 (72 FR 3432-3440).

Additional background information is available in the memoranda at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/fy2007/
m07-13.pdf (PDF Only)

Contact Information

For questions about this program, please contact us by emailing the FSIS Office of Policy and Program Development (OPPD), Risk Management Division (RMD), at FSISGuidanceDocumentComments@fsis.usda.gov

FSIS Significant Guidance Documents

FSIS is providing these draft compliance guides for review and comment. All stakeholders are encouraged to submit their comments to FSISGuidanceDocumentComments@fsis.usda.gov. FSIS has extended the comment period. Comments will be accepted until November 17, 2008.
- Draft Guidance for Small and Very Small Establishments on Sampling Beef Products for Escherichia coli O157:H7 (Aug 12, 2008; PDF Only)
  The purpose of this guidance is to help small and very small establishments develop sampling plans for monitoring the effectiveness of process controls that are designed to prevent Escherichia coli O157:H7 contaminated product from leaving the establishment.
- Draft Compliance Guideline for Sampling Beef Trimmings for Escherichia coli O157:H7 (Aug 12, 2008; PDF Only)
  This guidance document provides information about the design of sampling and testing programs for Escherichia coli O157:H7 to manufacturers and users of boneless beef manufacturing trimmings and other raw ground beef components.

"At Least Equal To" Guidelines for State Meat and Poultry Cooperative Inspection Programs (Jul 2008; PDF Only)
Supplementary Guidance on the Use of Antimicrobial Agents to Control Listeria Monocytogenes in Post-Lethality Exposed Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products, (Feb 11, 2008; PDF Only)
Compliance Guidelines to Control Listeria monocytogenes In Post-Lethality Exposed Ready-To-Eat Meat and Poultry Products (May 2006; PDF Only)
Compliance Guideline for Controlling Salmonella in Poultry, First Edition (Aug 2006; PDF Only)
Compliance Guidelines for Establishments on the FSIS Microbiological Testing Program and Other Verification Activities for Escherichia coli O157:H7 (Apr 13, 2004; PDF Only)

Last Modified: September 9, 2008


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