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Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA

Mission statement:

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), a public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, protects consumers by ensuring that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, and accurately labeled. FSIS regulates meat and poultry products that account for a third of consumer spending for food, with an annual retail value of $120 billion. FSIS regulates all raw beef, pork, lamb, chicken, and turkey, as well as approximately 250,000 different processed meat and poultry products, including hams, sausage, soups, stews, pizzas, and frozen dinners (any product that contains 2% or more cooked poultry or 3% or more raw meat). Consumers purchase these products packaged with 500,000 different USDA approved labels.

Contact Information:

Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
Room 3843 South Building, 1400 Independence Ave. SW
Washington DC 20250-3700

Internet address: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/

Phone number(s):

(202) 720-7943 Education & Communication Office
(202) 720-9113 Media Inquiries
(800) 535-4555 (Food Safety Hotline)
(800) 674-6854 Meat & Poultry
(800) 877-8339 (TTY)

Fax number:

(202) 720-1843

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• FOOD POISONING
• FOOD SAFETY
• FOODBORNE ILLNESS

NWHIC record number O-1822