The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) has released a generic Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) model for raw, non-intact egg products that is consistent with FSIS’ amendments to egg product inspection regulations.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced its new Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops (FSCSC) program, which will provide financial assistance to specialty crops producers who incur eligible on-farm food safety program expenses while pursuing a food safety certification in calendar years 2022 or 2023.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) announced its decision to suspend its Salmonella sampling program for Siluriformes fish (catfish).
In response to a petition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) has decided not to revise the mandatory safe handling instruction (SHI) label for raw and partially cooked meat and poultry products.
During the Thursday morning Town Hall at the 2022 Food Safety Summit, top food safety regulators from FDA, USDA, CDC, and AFDO discussed initiatives and advances in food traceability, food safety policy, recalls, pathogen monitoring, food safety culture, and a number of other timely areas.
During a Tuesday afternoon workshop of the 2022 Food Safety Summit, regulators and the regulated industry shared suggestions for how to better communicate together and meet regulated requirements while maintaining a sensible level of operational necessity.
The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released a revised self-reporting tool (SRT) that determines the foreign equivalence eligibility of nations exporting meat, poultry, and egg products to the U.S.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) launched a new webpage with resources and information to combat Salmonella in poultry.
USDA-FSIS and FDA have started to share information on whole genome sequencing. Also, FSIS and CDC are working to enhance data sharing on critically important public health activities.