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FSIS Notice 02-046N -- Generic E. coli and Salmonella Baseline Results, issued Feb. 17, 2005 (PDF file)
Best Practices Food Processes and Agency Guidance Documents -- 2003 Versions of Best Practices documents developed through the cooperation of industry associations.
USDA/FSIS Guidebook for the Preparation of HACCP Plans and Generic HACCP Models
USDA Issues Directive 10,240.3 "Microbial Sampling of Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Products for the FSIS Verfication Testing Program" to Reduce Listeria Monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products, December 9, 2002 (PDF file) News Release
FSIS Notice 44-02: Instructions for Verifying E. coli O157:H7 Reassessment, November 4, 2002 (PDF file)
Federal Register: 9 CFR Part 417, E. coli O157:H7 Contamination of Beef Products, October 7, 2002 (PDF file) and supplemental information:
Federal Register: 9 CFR Parts 381 and 441, Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry Products: Suspension of Regulaton, January 10, 2002 (PDF file)
Ready-to-Eat Directive (pdf file)
List of FSIS Directives (pdf file) October 2000
Office of Inspector General Audit of FSIS Operations Report (pdf file) June 2000
Guidelines for Environmental and Chill Water/Brine Sampling for Listeria, March 13, 2000
Listeria Guidelines for Industry, May 1999
Guidelines for Developing Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Environmental Sampling/Testing Recommendations (ESTRs) in Ready to Eat (RTE) Products in PDF format, April 19, 1999.
Update Packet Available from the HACCP Alliance for the FSIS Pathogen Reduction and HACCP Facilitator's Guide Notebook The order form can be downloaded as a PDF file.
Irradiation of Meat and Meat Products FSIS, Federal Register (Proposed Rule) -- February 24, 1999. (PDF file)
Reports and Guidance Documents; availability, etc.: Ground Beef Processing Guidance Material FSIS, Federal Register (Notice) -- January 19, 1999. (PDF file)
Meat and Poultry Inspection: Beef Products Contaminated with E. coli O157:H7; Agency Policy FSIS, Federal Register (Rule) -- January 19, 1999. (PDF file)
Cooked Beef, Roast Beef, and Cooked Corned Beef Products, etc.; Performance Standards FSIS, Federal Register (Rule) -- January 6, 1999. (PDF file)
Notice of Change of Inspection Procedures; Adoption of Selective Carcass Palpation Procedure for Lambs FSIS, Federal Register -- November 12, 1998. (PDF file)
National Meat Association's Guidelines for Developing GMPs and SOPs for Raw Ground Products -- March 1998 (PDF file)
Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry Products; Poultry Chilling Performance Standards; Correction to proposed rule FSIS, Federal Register -- October 26, 1998. (PDF file)
USDA and APANA To Assist Very Small Meat and Poultry Plants In HACCP Implementation October 16, 1998.
Poultry Products Inspection Regulations: Continuous Chilling of Split Poultry Portions; Final Rule FSIS, Federal Register -- September 11, 1998. (PDF file)
Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry Products; Poultry Chilling Performance Standards, Proposed Rule FSIS, Federal Register -- September 11, 1998. (PDF file)
Ground Beef Processing Guidance Material FSIS, Federal Register -- March 20, 1998 (PDF file)
Contents of HACCP Plans -- Compliance with HACCP System Regulations FSIS, Federal Register -- January 30, 1998. (PDF file)
Contents of HACCP Plans; Critical Control Points -- Compliance with the HACCP system regulations. FSIS, Federal Register -- January 30, 1998. (PDF file)
HACCP; Opportunity for Early Implementation -- Notice FSIS, Federal Register -- January 30, 1998. (PDF file)
Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems--Salmonella Performance Standard for Fresh Pork Sausage Proposed Rules, FSIS, Federal Register -- January 12, 1998. (PDF file)
Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems--Sample Collection--Technical Amendments and Corrections: Direct Final Rule Partial withdrawal of direct final rule, FSIS, Federal Register -- January 12, 1998. (PDF file)
Rules of Practice Proposed Rules, FSIS, Federal Register -- January 12, 1998. (PDF file)
HACCP Implementation Manuals from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has prepared Guidelines and Principles for the Development of Generic HACCP Models.
USDA Backgrounder on Food Irradiation
Fight BAC! Fighting the Problem of Foodborne Illness Consumer information about food safety.
Sanitation Requirements for Official Meat and Poultry Establishments, Proposed rule, FSIS -- Federal Register, August 25, 1997. (PDF file)
Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems; Technical Corrections and Amendments, Federal Register -- May 13, 1997. (PDF file)
USDA/FSIS Generic HACCP Models
HACCP-EASY - Computer Database designed to similfy the preparation and modification of HACCP systems
Change in Disease Status of The Netherlands Because of BSE -- Interim rule and request for comments.-- Federal Register, April 15, 1997. (PDF file) The following is USDA's press release on the subject----USDA ADDS THE NETHERLANDS TO BSE LIST - April 14, 1997
FSIS Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) Reference Guidebook
The SSOP reference guidebook is now available as a downloadable PDF document provided by the International HACCP Alliance. October 24, 1996. (PDF file)
Glickman announces head of food safety agency -- October 17, 1996
FINAL RULE: Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems-- July 25, 1996, Federal Register.
FSIS Backgrounder on the Proposed Reorganization of the Food Safety and Inspection Service
HACCP Implementation Manual The Food Safety Enhancement Program (FSEP) has been designed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to encourage the establishment and maintenance of HACCP based systems in federally registered agri-food processing establishments.
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Symposium Proceedings The symposium was presented in association with the Annual Meeting of the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Nov. 12, 1995, Chicago, Ill.
Transcripts from the Food Safety Forum held Nov. 8 in Washington, DC
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Information from the U.S. FDA/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition that includes a database of HACCP Training Programs and Resource Material, FDA Press Releases and Backgrounders on HACCP and other Federal Agency HACCP activities.
FSIS/USDA Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems Proposed Rule
This document contains the FSIS, USDA Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems Proposed Rule, a generic HACCP plan for raw beef and a supplement to the Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems Proposed Rule.
USDA/FSIS Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Proposal Backgrounder
The National Food Safety Database
The National Food Safety Database contains the USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, So Easy to Preserve - Freezing Guide, So Easy to Preserve - Drying Guide, the University of Florida Disaster Public Service Announcement, and the National Ag Library - FEIEC Database, which serves as a resource for ordering materials that deal with foodborne contaminants, food handling, food handling regulations and seafood safety. This database is managed by the University of Florida in cooperation with the USDA.
Food Safety and the Delaney Clause
Food Safety/Risk Communication
Compliance Control Center The Center offers information on Infection Control and Prevention, Food Safety and Foodborne Illness, Cross Contamination and the Importance of Handwashing.
Consumer Guide to Safe Handling and Preparation of Ground Meat and Poultry
Food and Nutrition Section of the Illinois Cooperative Extension Service This entry is broken down into food preservation, food safety and and nutrition sections.
Food Safety and Handling from the University of Florida. This entry is covers a broad range of consumer-targeted topics from freezing meat to food irradiation.
Seafood Network Information Center
What HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) Really Means
Critical Control Point Decision Tree
"Introduction to HACCP Principles in Meat Plants" Paper that was presented at "A Practical Approach to Meat Plant HACCP's," sponsored by the American Meat Science Association and held at the Airport Marriott, Kansas City, Missouri, June 19 through 21, 1995.
"Comparison of Methods for Contamination Removal from Beef Carcass Surfaces" by Hardin et al. (1995) Abstract of a paper published in the Journal of Food Protection and written by M.D. Hardin, G.R. Acuff, L.M. Lucia, J.S. Oman, and J.W. Savell. Paper compares the use of lactic and acetic acid washes to knife-removal of fecal material on beef carcasses when samples were inoculated with E. coli O157:H7 or with Salmonella typhimurium.
Reference Corner Title 9 -- Animals and Animal Products
Chapter II--Grain Inspection, Packer and Stockyards Administration (Packers and Stockyards Program), Department of Agriculture
Chapter III--Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture
THOMAS - Legislative Information on the Internet
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
American Society of Animal Science
The National Agricultural Library
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service
National Institutes of Health (NIH) WWW
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
CDC's Division of Baterial and Mycotic Diseases
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
International Food Information Council (IFIC)
Institute of Food Technologists
American Public Health Association
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FoodCom News An on-line newspaper for professionals in the food and beverage industry.
The MEATing PLACE information on the meat and poultry processing industries.
