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FSIS to Hold Regulatory Education Session in North Carolina
FSIS will hold a regulatory education session on June 12 in North Carolina for the owners and operators of
small and very small plants.
The session will cover regulatory walk-through of sanitation performance standard regulations and food defense.
The regulatory education session will be held at the Holiday Inn Crabtree Valley Hotel, 4100 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh, N.C.
To register by phone, call (800) 336-3747.
Online registration forms and information about upcoming sessions can be found at
https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081031023902/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/
News_&_Events/Outreach_Sessions_SVS_Plants/index.asp.
FSIS to Hold Public Meeting on Risk-Based Inspection
FSIS will hold an expert elicitation meeting on June 26 to provide stakeholders with information concerning
an expert ranking of meat and poultry products based on their inherent risk.
The agency will review background on the elicitation as well as the process and results.
The meeting will allow agency statisticians to offer analysis of the data and compare it to previous
elicitations. It will also give participants insight on how the information will be used in the algorithm
for determining an establishment's intensity of inspection.
The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in room 107-A of the USDA Jamie Whitten Building, 12th Street,
SW., Jefferson Drive, Washington, D.C. The Whitten Building is located adjacent to the Mall exit of the
Smithsonian Station on Metro's Orange and Blue Lines. The main entrance is located on Jefferson Drive.
Pre-registration is recommended. The session will be simultaneously connected to an audio conference call. To
register online or participate in the audiocast, go to
https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081031023902/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/
Meetings_&_Events/index.asp.
An agenda will soon post to FSIS' Web site.
For more information, contact Keith Payne at (202) 690-6522 or by e-mail at keith.payne@fsis.usda.gov.
FSIS to Participate in AFDO Conference
FSIS will participate in the 111th Annual Educational Conference of the Association of Food and Drug Officials
(AFDO) titled, "Global Challenges - Integrating Protection and Defense Strategies to Strengthen the Network,"
in San Antonio, Texas, from June 16-20. The conference will provide information on food safety, security and
defense activities.
FSIS and AFDO have collaborated on a variety of educational materials and programs in support of USDA's
farm-to-table food safety and public health goals. AFDO has developed in cooperation with FSIS, an
online training course for industry and government agencies, Meat and Poultry Processing at Retail.
The training will be previewed during the conference along with other meat and poultry-related training and
educational materials. This information will soon be available on AFDO's Web site at www.afdo.org.
For more information about the conference, visit AFDO's Web site.
FSIS Issues Directives and Notice
FSIS publishes directives and notices to enable the agency to carry out its mission of protecting public
health. The following directives and notice were issued this week:
Directives:
8010.1 - Methodology for Conducting In-Commerce Surveillance Activities. This directive provides
instructions on the methodologies used by program investigators for surveillance, monitoring and verification
activities.
8010.2 - Investigative Methodology. This directive provides the methodologies that program
investigators will apply when conducting investigations of allegations, apparent violations or incidents
relating to the Federal Meat Inspection Act, Poultry Products Inspection Act, Egg Products Inspection Act,
the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and other laws and regulations.
8010.3 - Procedures for Evidence Collection, Safeguarding and Disposal. This directive provides
instructions to program investigators to use when collecting, safeguarding and disposing of evidence.
8010.4 - Report of Investigation. This directive provides instructions to program investigators
on the style, format and procedures that they should follow when preparing a report of investigation.
8010.5 - Case Referral and Disposition. This directive describes the procedures and methodologies
that program investigators should follow for determining actions on reports of investigations, including
referral to the Office of the General Counsel and the Department of Justice for criminal, civil and
administrative enforcement actions.
8010.2 - Detention and Seizure. This directive provides the procedures that program investigators
should follow when detaining or preparing a recommendation to seize meat, poultry and egg products found in
commerce.
Notice:
34-07 - Export Library Revisions for May 2007. This notice provides links to the export library
revisions covering the month of May.
To view these directives and notice, visit FSIS' Web site at https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081031023902/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/index.asp.
Export Requirement Updates
The Library of Export Requirements has been updated to reflect changes in export requirements for the following:
- Azerbaijan
- Indonesia
- People's Republic of China
- Peru
- Republic of Korea
- Sri Lanka
Complete information can be found at
https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081031023902/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/
Export_Information/index.asp.
OFS Seeks Comments on Sanitary and Phytosanitary International Standard-Setting Activities
FSIS announced on June 4 the publication of a Federal Register notice of sanitary and phytosanitary
standard-setting activities of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
The notice also provides a list of other standard-setting activities of Codex, including commodity standards,
guidelines, codes of practice and revised texts.
The notice, which covers the time periods June 1, 2006, to May 31, 2007, and June 1, 2007, to May 31, 2008,
seeks comments on standards currently under consideration and recommendations for new standards.
Codex carries out activities related to international sanitary and phytosanitary standard-setting aimed at
ensuring food products are free from adulteration and are correctly labeled.
To view the Federal Register notice, go to https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081031023902/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Frame/FrameRedirect.asp?main=
https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081031023902/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FRPubs/2007-0006.htm.
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