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HACCP Alliance News

• Strategic Plan for Improving Small and Very Small Establishments’ Food Safety Programs to Further Protect Public Health and Ensure Regulatory Compliance, December 2005 Version – Facilitated by the International HACCP Alliance
• Industry Best Practices for Holding Tested Products – September 19, 2005 Version. Coordinated by the American Association of Meat Processors, American Meat Institute, Food Products Association, National Chicken Council, National Meat Association, National Turkey Federation, North American Meat Processors Association, and the Southwest Meat Association. Facilitated by the International HACCP Alliance – Press Release
• USDA Information and Regulations Issued to Address BSE
• Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Implementation, by FSIS that is frequently updated with HACCP implementation information

Food Industry News

• Removing Risk: Developing Best Practices for the Removal of S.R.M.’s, written by Drs. Kerri B Harris and Jeff Savell, digitally reprinted from the March 2004 issue of Meat and Poultry Magazine
• USDA and HHS Strengthen Safeguards Against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Released Jyly 9, 2004. This page includes links to the FDA interim final rule, FDA proposed rule, fact sheet, FAQs, etc.
• Compliance Guidelines for Establishments on the FSIS Microbiological Testing Program and Other Verification Activities for Escherichia coli 0157:H7, released April 13, 2004
• EIAO/FSRE Training Materials Order Form
• Directive 6420.2, Verification of Procedures for COntrolling Fecal Material, Ingesta, and Milk in Slaughter Operations, released March 31, 2004
• Directive 10,010.1, Microbiological Testing Program and Other Verification Activities for Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in Raw Ground Beef Products and Beef Patty Components, released March 31, 2004
• Directive 5000.2, Review of Establishment Data by Inspection Program Personnel, released March 31, 2004
• Directive 10,240.4, Verification Proceducres for the Listeria monocytogenes Regulation and Microbial Sampling of Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Products for the FSIS Verification Testing Program, released October 2003
• Attachment 1 – Control of L. monocytogenes in Post-lethality Exposed RTE Products
• Attachment 2 – Establishments Electing to Use Alternative 2
• Attachment 3 – Establishments Electing to Use Alternative 3
• Attachment 4 – Establishments Electing to Use Alternative 4
• Attachment 5 – RTE Regulations
• Resource 1
• Resource 2
• Resource 3 – Questions & Answers
• Resource 4 – Compliance Guidelines to Control Listeria Monocytogenes in Post-Lethality Exposed Ready-to-Eat Meat & Poultry Products
• Performance Standards for the Production of Processed Meat and Poultry Products; Proposed Rule (9 CFR Parts 301, 303, et. al.) Federal Register, February 27, 2001
• Ready-to-Eat Directive and Product Sampling Attachment
• FSIS Increases Efficiency in Detecting Salmonella, March 27, 2003
• Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria Monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods; Draft Risk Assessment Document and Risk Management Action Plan; Availability, Federal Register, January 19, 2001
• Food Safety and Inspection Service Revised Action Plan for Control of Listeria Monocytogenes for the Prevention of Foodborne Listeriosis, May 2000
• FSIS Public Meeting to Address Listeria Monocytogenes Initiatives – May 8, 2000
• FSIS Directive 7700.1 Irradiation of Meat and Poultry Products – February 22, 2000
• FSIS Directive 11,000.1 Sanitation Performance Standards – January 25, 2000
• Sanitation Performance Standards Attachment II
• FSIS Directive 8080.1 Recall of Meat & Poultry Products – January 19, 2000
• USDA Approves Irradiation of Meat to Help Improve Food Safety – December 14, 1999
• Videotape Order Form for the FSIS Technical Conference on the Sanitation Performance Standard Regulation held in Omaha, Nebraska on December 8-9, 1999
• Agenda and Presentations from the Technical Conference on the Sanitation Performance Standard Regulation in Omaha, Nebraska
• Final Rule Extends E. coli Testing to Sheep, Goats, Horses, and Other Species FSIS News Release – November 29, 1999 – Federal Register Notice
• FSIS Announces Availability of Canadian Equivalence Proposal FSIS News Release – November 29, 1999 – Federal Register Notice
• FSIS Issues Regulations on Rules of Practice for Enforcement Actions – FSIS News Release – November 29, 1999
• Sanitation Requirements for Official Meat & Poultry Establishments – Final Rule published in the Federal Register on October 20, 1999
• Sanitation Performance Standards Compliance Guide published by FSIS on October 13, 1999 and upated on December 9, 1999
• Progress Report on Salmonella Testing of Raw Meat & Poultry Products – October 1999
• FSIS Notice: Instructions for Verifying the Listera monocytogenes Reassessment – August 3, 1999
• Amendment to the Beef Promotions and Research Rules and Regulations; Extension of Comment Period on Proposed Rule; Federal Register – Agricultural Marketing Service, Comment Period Extension – October 28, 1998
• Irradiation in the Production, Processing and Handling of Food (Meat) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Final Rule – December 3, 1997
• Irradiation in the Production, Processing and Handling of Food (Poultry) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Final Rule – December 3, 1997
• Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables – Working draft, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, November 25, 1997
• Importation of Sliced and Pre-Packagede Dry-Cured Pork Products — Proposed Rule — Federal Register — April 14, 1997
• User Fees to Cover On-Site Inspection Costs of Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products — Federal Register — March 5, 1997
• President’s National Food Safety Initiative — Federal Register — March 21, 1997
• User Fees to Cover On-Site Inspection Costs of Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products — Notice — Federal Register — March 5, 1997
• Poultry Inspection: Revision of Finished Product Standards With Respect to Fecal Contamination — Federal Register — February 4, 1997
• The NAHMS Swine ’95 Study Findings on Salmonella and PRRS — January 29, 1997
• Use of the Term “Fresh” on the Labeling of Raw Poultry Products Final Rule — FSIS Federal Register — December 17, 1996
• Supervisory Review Guide for the Evaluation Process of the SSOP Regulatory Requirements has been released by FSIS — December 16, 1996
• Beef Safety Research Priorities Recommendations from H. Russell Cross to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
• Export Reporting for Meat and Meat Products Advance Notice of Proposed Rule-Making — November 14, 1996
• Advanced Meat/Bone Separation Machinery and Meat Recover Systems; request for public comments FSIS — Federal Register — November 8, 1996
• Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 INfections Associated with Drinking Unpasteurized Commercial Apple Juice — October 1996 Morbidity and Mortality Report — November 8, 1996
• Outbreaks of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection, 1996, Japan – Infectious Agents Surveillance Reports by the National Institute of Health
• AAMP Offers Sanitation SOP Training Kit for Small, Medium-sized Plants – To help American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP) members and others set up a sanitation Standard Operating Procedure plan that is required by USDA’s HACCP regulation, AAMP is offering a two-part SOP training kit. The kit, which consists of a 30-minute video on plant sanitation and a loose-leaf manual and workbook, is available right now. The cost for “Standard Operating Procedures for Meat and Poultry Plants” (both the video and workbook) is only $79.00 for AAMP members and $99.00 for non-members, including shipping and handling. The training materials were developed by Dr. Dennis Buege and his staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. To order the training kit, contact AAMP at (717) 367-1168 or by fax at (717) 367-9096.
• Use of Sodium Citrate Buffered With Citric Acid in Certain Cured and Uncured Processed Meat & Poultry Products — Action: Affirmation of effective date for direct final rule, FSIS — Federal Register — July 19, 1996
• Performance Standards for the Production of Certain Cooked Meat & Poultry Products — Reopening of Comment Period, FSIS — Federal Register — July 9, 1996
• Concentration in Agriculture — A Report of the USDA Advisory Committee on Agricultural Concentration
• CDC: Raspberries from Guatemala Linked to Cyclospora Outbreaks
• HACCP Alliance Awarded USDA/FSIS Generic HACCP Model Development Grant
• International Meat & Poultry HACCP Alliance Elects Officers and Seats Board of Directors
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Information
• Pork and Pork Products From Mexico Transiting the United States — Final Rule, USDA — Federal Register — June 25, 1996
• Tentative Voluntary Poultry Grade Standards – Notice; extension of test-market period, AMS — Federal Register – June 13, 1996
• Food Standards: Requirements for Processed Meat & Poultry Products Named by Use of an Expressed Nutrient Content Claim and a Standardized Term — Extension of Comment Period — Federal Register — May 28, 1996
• Interstate Shipment of State-Inspected Meat & Poultry Products — Notice; request for public comments, FSIS — Federal Register, May 7, 1996
• Performance Standards for the Production of Certain Meat & Poultry Products — Proposed Rule, FSIS — Federal Register — May 2, 1996
• Standards for Grades of Slaughter Cattle and Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef, Final Rule, postponement of effective date — Federal Register — May 1, 1996
• Concentration in the Red Meat Packing Industry Report, USDA, Packers and Stockyards Programs, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration — February 1996
• Color of Cooked Ground Beef and Juices as it Relates to Doneness — FSIS — April 30, 1996
• Use of Sodium Citrate Buffered With Citric Acid in Certain Cured and Uncured Processed Meat & Poultry Products — FSIS Direct Final Rule — Federal Register — April 24, 1996
• Use of Sorbitol in Cooked Roast Beef Products — FSIS Withdrawls Direct Final Rule — Federal Register — April 16, 1996
• Policy Change – Achieving the Zero Tolerance Performance Standard for Beef Carcasses by Knife Trimming and Vacuuming With Hot Water or Steam; Use of Acceptable Carcass Inerventions for Reducing Carcass Contamination Without Prior Agency Approval — Federal Register — April 4, 1996
• FSIS and International Meat & Poultry HACCP Alliance Seek Harmony in HACCP Training
• USDA Approves New Method for Removing Contamination From Beef Carcasses — USDA News Release — March 27, 1996
• Pennsylvania Packer and Packer Buyer Agree to Consent Decision — USDA News Release — February 27, 1996
• Use of Sorbitol in Cooked Roast Beef Products — USDA/FSIS Rules and Regulations — Federal Register — February 27, 1996
• Food Standards: Requirements for Processed Meat & Poultry Products Named by Use of an Expressed Nutrient Content Claim and a Standardized Term — Extension of Comment Period — USDA/FSIS Proposed Rules — Federal Register — February 27, 1996
• Cattle Exportations; Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Test Requirements — USDA/FSIS Rules & Regulations — Federal Register — February 23, 1996
• Pork and Pork Products from Mexico Transiting the United States — USDA/APHIS Proposed Rule — Federal Register — February 23, 1996
• Tentative Voluntary Poultry Grade Standards — USDA Notice — Federal Register — February 15, 1996
• USDA Background Report on Meat Packing Industry Concentration Study
• Use of the Fast Anitmicrobial Screen Test for Bob Veal Calves — USDA Final Rule — Federal Register — February 9, 1996
• Standards for Grades of Slaughter Cattle and Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef — USDA Final Rule — Federal Register — January 30, 1996
• USDA Regulatory Reforms to Improve Meat & Poultry Safety — Washington — January 2, 1996
• Reshaping USDA’s Meat & Poultry Inspection Program — An AAMP Perspective and Analysis of the Agency’s Top-to-Bottom Review and Hot it Affects You and Your Business
• Seafood Safety Regulations Announced — December 5, 1995
• Seafood Exporters to the European Union (EU) – The EU is requiring that all seafood products produced for export to the EU on or after January 1, 1996, must be processed using HACCP controls.
• Seafood HACCP Alliance Update
• Outbreak of Salmonellosis Associated with Beef Jerky — New Mexico 1995 — Report can be found int he October 27 edition of the Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Transcripts from HACCP Issue-Focused Meetings held September 13-15 and 27-29 – September 13
• Transcripts from HACCP Issue-Focused Meetings held September 13-15 and 27-29 – September 14
• Transcripts from HACCP Issue-Focused Meetings held September 13-15 and 27-29 – September 15
• Transcripts from HACCP Issue-Focused Meetings held September 13-15 and 27-29 – September 27
• Transcripts from HACCP Issue-Focused Meetings held September 13-15 and 27-29 – September 28
• Transcripts from HACCP Issue-Focused Meetings held September 13-15 and 27-29 – September 29
• Issue Papers from the USDA/FSIS Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Public Meetings on September 29 — The paper topic is “Specific Product Considerations Involving INternational Trade”
• Issue Papers from the USDA/FSIS Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Public Meetings on September 28 & an additional paper from the September 27 Meeting — The paper topics are “Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures,” Specific Economic Considerations and Issues,” and “Specific Product Considerations Involving Religious, Ethnic, and Cultural Food Handling Practics.”
• Issue Papers from the USDA/FSIS Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Public Meetings on September 27 — The paper topics are “Carcass Cooling Standards for Red Meat & Poultry,” and “Antimicrobial Treatments in Slaughter Plants.”
• Issue Papers from the USDA/FSIS Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Public Meetings on September 15 — The paper topic is “Pathogen Reduction Performance Standards – Microbial Testing.”
• Issue Papers from the USDA/FSIS Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Public Meetings on September 14 — The paper topic is “Regulatory Shift to Performance Standards – Layering.”
• Issue Papers from the USDA/FSIS Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Public Meetings on September 13 — The paper topic is “Overview of HACCP Proposal FSIS Oversight of HACCP Changing Role of Inspectors Under HACCP.”
• State of Hawaii Designated Under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act — Federal Register — October 24, 1995
• NASDA Releases Legislation to Reform the Meat & Poultry Inspection System — August 24, 1995
• What HACCP Really Means – Dr. H. Russell Cross was interviewed about HACCP for a BEEF Magazine article in September 1994.
• Food Safety or Political Science? — A news release from the Institute of Food Science and Engineering
• Training, Certification, and Verification Top Priorities for HACCP Alliance — News release on December 9, 1994
• HACCP – What is it, and Why Should I Care? — A speech presented to the Texas Cattle Feeder’s Association Board of Directors by Dr. H. Russell Cross on January 12, 1995