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FSIS to Hold Regulatory Education Session in Arkansas
FSIS will hold a regulatory education session on June 20 in Arkansas for the owners and operators of small and very
small plants. This session will cover a regulatory walk-through of sanitation standard operating procedures, and
hazard analysis and critical control point and rules of practice regulations. The regulatory education session will
be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Holiday Inn Springdale, 1500 South 48th Street, Springdale, Ark. 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/eot2008/20081031023535/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Outreach_Sessions_ SVS_Plants/index.asp.
FSIS Posts Listeria monocytogenes Compliance Guideline for Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry
Plants
FSIS posted on its Web site a guide to assist small and very small plants with the implementation of strategies to
control Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in ready to-eat products. The guide titled, Summary of Listeria
monocytogenes Compliance Guideline for Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Plants that Produce Ready-to-Eat Products,
also contains practical recommendations developed from an analysis conducted on food safety assessments in small and very
small plants that had product that tested positive by FSIS for Lm. The guide can be viewed on FSIS' Web site at
https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081031023535/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/LM_Guidelines_for_ SVSP_Ready_to_Eat_Products.pdf.
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, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. The Whitten Building is located adjacent
to the Mall exit of the Smithsonian Station on Metro's Orange and Blue Lines. Attendees should use the Mall entrance,
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 audio cast, go to
https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081031023535/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 Request Revision of Currently Approved Information Collection
FSIS issued two Federal Register notices on June 15.
- Notice of Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection (Advanced Meat Recovery).
This notice announces the agency's intent to request a revision of an approved information collection regarding
the regulatory requirements associated with the production of meat from Advanced Meat Recovery systems to reflect
its most recent plant data, which support a finding of fewer total burden hours.
- Notice of Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection (Specified Risk Materials).
This notice announces the agency's intent to request a revision of an approved information collection concerning the
regulatory requirements relating to specified risk materials in cattle to reflect the most recent plant data, which
support a finding of more total burden hours.
The agency is accepting comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081031023535/http://www.regulations.gov
and by e-mail at fsis.regulationscomments@fsis.usda.gov.
These notices will be available on FSIS' Web site at https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081031023535/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/index.asp.
FSIS to Host Web Seminars
FSIS is endeavoring to reach out to small and very small plants through four Web seminars during the third
and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2007.
This initiative was developed by an Outreach Task Force, comprised of representatives from each FSIS program area and
directed by Chief Training Officer Dr. Karlease Kelly. The task force has been working on creating ways to streamline
access to important regulatory information and improve its delivery to the owners and operators of small and very small
plants. The seminars are being offered through the Office of Policy, Program and Employee Development as a part of its
agency mission to assess and develop all FSIS domestic policy. These meetings follow up last year's Regulatory Education
Sessions. The two-hour sessions were given in 14 different cities, and were held at night or on weekends so plant owners
and operators were free to participate without having to miss work. The Web seminars are scheduled for:
- July 19, from 7 to 8 p.m., on agency compliance guidelines for controlling E. coli O157:H7 in small
and very small meat and poultry plants;
- August 13, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, on agency compliance guidelines for controlling Salmonella in small and
very small plants that produce raw poultry product;
- September 6, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., on agency compliance guidelines for controlling Listeria Monocytogenes in
small and very small establishments that produce ready-to-eat product; and
- Date and time to be determined, on the production of safe meat and poultry jerky products in small and very
small plants.
Continue to read the FSIS Constituent Update for additional information.
FSIS Issues Notice on Verification of Annual HACCP Plan Reassessment
FSIS issued Notice 35-07, Verification of the Annual Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
Plan Reassessment Requirement, on June 14.
This notice instructs establishments how to complete necessary documentation for annual reassessment
requirements of its HACCP plans. In doing so, personnel are to perform Performance Based Inspection System (PBIS)
procedure 03A01. When performing this procedure, inspection program personnel are to verify that officials from the
establishment have signed and dated each of its HACCP plans sometime during the calendar year. Notice 35-07 is available
on FSIS' Web site at https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081031023535/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FSISNotices/35-07.pdf
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