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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 https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115191257/http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/
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FSIS Significant Guidance Documents
"At Least Equal To" Guidelines for State Meat and Poultry Cooperative Inspection Programs (Jul 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)

Draft Compliance Guideline for Sampling Beef Trimmings for Escherichia coli O157:H7 (Aug 12, 2008; PDF Only)

Draft Guidance for Small and Very Small Establishments on Sampling Beef Products for Escherichia coli O157:H7 (Aug 12, 2008; PDF Only)

Draft Label Policy Guidance for N-60 Testing Claims for Boneless Beef Manufacturing Trimmings (“Trim”) Concerning E. coli O157:H7 (Oct 14, 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)



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