Red Meat and Poultry Inspection Directives, Notices, and Federal Registers

Notices

Notice Number Title of Notice Date Issued Expiration Date
48-24 Public Health Information System Physical Plant Modification Profile Questionnaire And Ready-To-Eat Questionnaire Task (PDF) December 17, 2024 January 1, 2026
49-24 Review of Ready To Eat Inspection Fundamentals Training (PDF) December 17, 2024 January 1, 2026
50-24 Testing For Non-Listeria Monocytongenes Listeria Species.docx (PDF) December 20, 2024 January 1, 2026
03-25 Availability of FSIS Guideline for Retained Water (PDF) March 25, 2025 February 1, 2026

Federal Registers

Federal Register Number Federal Register Title Date Issued
2012-0038 Changes to the Salmonella Verification Sampling Program Analysis of Raw Beef for Shiga Toxin-Producin E. coli and Salmonella (PDF)
2007-0048 Classes of Poultry (PDF) July 13, 2009
2008-0025 Notification, Documentation, and Recordkeeping Requirements for Inspected Establishments (PDF) March 25, 2010
2011-0012 Moderization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection (PDF) April 26, 2012
2011-0009 Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture Meeting (PDF) May 7, 2012
2011-0018 Food Ingredients and Sources of Radiation Listed and Approved for Use in the Production of Meat and Poultry Products (PDF) May 7, 2012
2012-0032 Testing of Product Samples for Listeria monocytogenes Changes in Procedures (PDF) September 24, 2012
2011-0024 Food Ingredients and Sources of Radiation Listed or Approved for Use in the Production of Meat and Poultry Products, Tech Amend, (PDF) December 6, 2012
2012-0044 Not Applying the Mark of Inspection Prending Certain Test Results (PDF) December 10, 2012
2012-0039 Uniform Compliance Date for Food Labelling Regulations (PDF) December 31, 2012
2013-0003 Availability of FSIS Compliance Guide for a Systematic Approach to the Humane Handling of Livestock (PDF) October 29, 2013
2005-0016 Prior Label Approval System Generic Label Approval (PDF) November 7, 2013
2013-0037 Discontinuation of the Qualitative (30mL) Campylobacter Analysis for Young Chickens (PDF) February 21, 2014
2010-0012 Descriptive Designation for Raw Meat and Poultry Products Containing Added Solutions (PDF) December 31, 2014
2008-0017 Descriptive Designation for Needle or Blade-Tenderized (Mechanically Tenderized) Beef Products (PDF) May 18, 2015
2014-0033 Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products (PDF) June 9, 2015
2013-0029 Availability of FSIS Compliance Guidelines for Allergens and Ingredients of Public Health Concern: Identification, Prevention and Control, and Declaration Through Labeling (PDF) November 16, 2015
2009-0011 Records to be Kept by Official Establishments and Retail Stores that Grind Raw Beef Products (PDF) December 21, 2015
2014-0023 New Performance Standards for Salmonella and Campylobacter in Not-Ready-to-Eat Comminuted Chicken and Turkey Products and Raw Chicken Parts and Changes to Related Agency Verification Procedures: Response to Comments and Announcement of Implementation Sche (PDF) February 11, 2016
2015-0026 Classes of Poultry (PDF) April 13, 2016
2014-0020 Requirements for the Disposition of Non-Ambulatory Disabled Veal Calves (PDF) July 18, 2016
2016-0004 Inhumane Handling of Livestock in Connection with Slaughter by Persons Not Employed by the Official Establishment (PDF) October 26, 2016
2015-0036 Elimination of Trichinae Control Regulations and Consolidation of Thermally Processed, Commercially Sterile Regulations (PDF) May 31, 2018
2018-0019 Elimination of the Requirement That Livestock Carcasses Be Marked "U.S. Inspected and Passed" at the Time of Inspection Within a Slaughter Establishment for Carcasses To Be Further Processed Within the Same Establishment (PDF) March 18, 2019
2016-0032 Preparation of Uninspected Products Outside of the Hours of Inspectional Supervision (PDF) August 14, 2019
2016-0017 Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection (PDF) October 1, 2019
2016-0021 Food Safety and Inspection Service Labeling Guideline on Documentation Needed to Substantiate Animal Raising Claims for Label Submission (PDF) December 27, 2019
2018-0048 Updated Labelling Guideline on Statements That Bioengineered or Genetically Modified Ingredients or Animal Feed Were Not Used in the Production of Meat, Poultry and Egg products (PDF) December 30, 2019
2020-0005 Elimination of the Requirement To Defibrinate Livestock Blood Saved as an Edible Product (PDF) June 1, 2020
2010-0023 Expansion of FSIS Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Testing to Additional Raw Beef Products (PDF) June 4, 2020
2022-0007 Retail Exemptions Adjusted Dollar Limitations (PDF) April 13, 2022

Directives

Series Directive Number Revision Directive Title Issuance Date
7000 7620.3 Revised 1995 Processing Inspectors' Calculations Handbook (PDF) January 1, 1995
6000 6210.2 1 Inspection of Poultry Feet that are Presented as Eligible to Receive the Mark of Inspection (PDF) May 3, 2005
8000 8420.1 MMPI Directive Transportation Accidents (PDF) January 16, 2006
5000 5500.3 Incident Investigation Team Reviews (PDF) July 19, 2006
6000 6000.1 1 Responsibilities Related to Foreign Animal Diseases (FADS) and Reportable Conditions (PDF) August 3, 2006
7000 7000.1 Verification of Non-Food Safety Consumer Protection Regulatory Requirements (PDF) December 11, 2006
6000 6910.1 1 Maine Veterinary Medical Specialist MVMS - Work Methods (PDF) December 7, 2009
9000 9000.2 1 MMPI Directive Inspection of Livestock Intestines or Casings (PDF) July 30, 2010
5000 5000.9 Verifying Video or Other Electronic Monitoring Records (PDF) August 26, 2011
6000 6410.1 1 Verifying Sanitary Dressing and Process Control Procedures By Offline IPP In Slaughter (PDF) November 3, 2011
6000 6410.3 Verifying Sanitary Dressing and Process Control Procedures by IPP in Poultry Slaughter Operations (PDF) January 17, 2012
6000 6700.1 Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry Products (PDF) November 27, 2012
5000 5090.1 Donning and doffing measurement (PDF) November 30, 2012
10000 10300.1 1 IVT Protocol For Sampling of Product, Food Contact Surfaces, and Environmental Surfaces For Listeria Monocytogenes (Lm) OR Salmonella Spp. (PDF) March 28, 2013
9000 9700.1 PHIS Importation of Live Cattle From Mexico into the US for Immediate Slaughter (PDF) July 2, 2013
8000 8091.1 1 Maine Food Safety Working Group (PDF) January 13, 2014
5000 5420.3 1 Food Defense Surveillance and NTAS (PDF) February 6, 2014
5000 5500.2 6 Significant Incident Response (PDF) March 19, 2014
5000 5010.1 2 Food Safety Related Topics for Discussion During Weekly Meetings With Establishment Management (PDF) April 17, 2014
5000 5620.1 1 Using FSIS (PDF) July 22, 2014
13000 13000.2 1 Performing Sampling Tasks using PHIS (PDF) July 25, 2014
10000 10010.3 Tracebback for O157H7 in raw ground beef and bench trim (PDF) January 21, 2015
11000 11000.2 Verification Activities for the Use of New Technology in Meat and Poultry Establishments and Egg Products Plants (PDF) May 6, 2015
6000 6240.1 2 Inspection Sampling and Disposition of Cattle for Tuberculosis (PDF) June 8, 2015
7000 7130.1 0 Verifying Nutrition Labeling for the Major Cuts of Single-Ingredient Raw Meat and Poultry Products and Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products (PDF) July 8, 2015
5000 5220.3 1 Issuance of a Ten Day Letter for Inactive Operations (PDF) October 8, 2015
4000 4430.3 4 In-Plant Performance System (IPPS) (PDF) January 6, 2016
7000 7020.1 Verifying Donation of Misbranded And Economically Adulterated Meat and Poultry Products To Non-Profit Organizations (PDF) January 26, 2016
5000 5000.3 1 Identification and Segregation of Product (PDF) February 11, 2016
5000 5710.1 1 Designation of a State or Individual State Inspected Establishment for FSIS Inspection (PDF) June 1, 2016
4000 4735.9 2 DACF Assignment Restrictions And Rules On Gifts Received From A Regulated Industry (PDF) September 7, 2016
5000 5060.1 0 Hygiene and Biosecurity Practices (PDF) September 19, 2016
6000 6020.1 1 Enhanced Inspection of Poultry in Response to a Notification of a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak (PDF) September 21, 2016
6000 6030.1 2 September 21, 2016
5000 5020.1 1 Verification Activities For the Use of New Technology in Meat and Poultry Establishments and Egg Products Plants (PDF) October 6, 2016
6000 6420.5 0 Verifying Poultry Slaughter Establishments Maintain Adequate Procedures for Preventing Contamination With Feces and Enteric Pathogens (PDF) October 17, 2016
5000 5300.1 0 Managing the Establishment Profile in the Public Health Information System (PDF) October 19, 2016
6000 6100.2 0 Post-Mortem Livestock Inspection (PDF) October 24, 2016
5000 5720.3 2 Methodology for Performing Scheduled and Targeted Reviews pf State Meat and Poultry Inspection Programs (PDF) November 10, 2016
13000 13000.3 1 Responding in PHIS to Industry Appeal of a Noncompliance Record (PDF) November 16, 2016
6000 6500.1 New Poultry Inspection System: Post-Mortem Inspection and Verification of Ready-To-Cook Requirement (PDF) February 1, 2017
5000 5420.1 10 Food Defense Tasks and Thread Notification Response Procedures for the Office of Office of Field Operations (PDF) March 14, 2017
1000 1306.22 International and Domestic Use of FSIS Government-Furnished Equipment (PDF) July 3, 2017
8000 8140.1 1 Notice of Receipt of Adulterated or Misbranded Product (PDF) July 3, 2017
7000 7111.1 2 Verification Procedures for Lethality and Stabilization (PDF) August 14, 2017
7000 7160.3 2 Verification Activities for Advanced Meat Recovery Using Beef Vertebral Materials (PDF) September 21, 2017
4000 4430.5 1 Supervisory Tool for Assessment Results (PDF) October 23, 2017
6000 6100.4 1 Verification Instructions Related to Specified Risk Materials in Cattle of All Ages (PDF) October 24, 2017
7000 7150.1 0 Descriptive Designation for Needle- or Blade-Tenderized Raw Beef Products as Required by 9 Cfr 317.2(E)(3) (PDF) April 3, 2018
6000 6110.1 0 Verification of Poultry Good Commercial Practices (PDF) July 3, 2018
4000 4440.1 0 Enforcement Investigation And Analysis Officer Assessments (PDF) August 6, 2018
7000 7320.1 1 Prevention and Control of Trichinella In Pork Products (PDF) August 6, 2018
7000 7530.2 1 Verification Activities in Canning Operations That Choose to Follow the Canning Regulations (PDF) August 20, 2018
7000 7530.1 4 September 27, 2018
5000 5000.10 0 Verifying That Records Are Kept By Official Establishments That Grind Beef (PDF) October 25, 2018
5000 5740.2 Cooperative Interstate Shipment Procedures (PDF) November 8, 2018
6000 6100.6 1 Post-Mortem Dispositions For Public Health Veterinarians (PDF) March 14, 2019
8000 8150.1 2 Retail Store Use ofDescriptive Designation For Needle- or Blade Tenderized Raw Beef Products as Required By 9 Cfr 317.2(E)(3) (PDF) April 8, 2019
5000 5000.6 2 Performance of the Hazard Analysis Verification Task (PDF) June 29, 2019
6000 6090.1 0 Firearms Safety in Official Livestock Establishments (PDF) July 24, 2019
6000 6300.1 2 Manufacture of Animal Food or Uninspected Articles at Official Establishments (PDF) October 8, 2019
10000 10100.1 1 FSIS Cecal Sampling Under The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Surveillance Program (PDF) October 29, 2019
5000 5000.7 0 Verification of Adequate Controls at Establishments in Areas Affected By Natural Disaster (PDF) November 9, 2019
6000 6420.2 2 Verification Procedures for Controlling Fecal Material, Ingesta, and Milk in Livestock Slaughter Operations (PDF) December 19, 2019
6000 6600.1 NSIS Antemortem and Postmortem Inspection and Verification of Food Safety and RTC requirements (PDF) December 19, 2019
6000 6410.4 0 Verifying Swine Slaughter Establishments Maintain Adequate Procedures for Preventing Contamination of Carcasses and Parts by Enteric Pathogens (PDF) December 20, 2019
10000 10400.1 1 Sample Collection From Cattle 12 Months Or Older That Display Central Nervous System Signs Under The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Ongoing Surveillance Program (PDF) April 15, 2020
6000 6100.1 3 Ante-Mortem Livestock Inspection (PDF) May 7, 2020
5000 5000.8 1 Verifying Compliance With Requirements For Written Recall Plan Procedures (PDF) June 17, 2020
10000 10010.2 1 Verification Activities For Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli In Rae Beef Products (PDF) July 1, 2020
7000 7120.1 53 Safe and Suitable Ingredients Used in the Production of Meat, Poultry and Egg Products (PDF) September 8, 2020
5000 5610.1 2 Consumer Complaint Monitoring System (PDF) November 12, 2020
5000 5100.3 4 Administrative Enforcement Action Decision-Making And Methodology (PDF) December 21, 2020
10000 10250.1 1 Sampling Instructions Salmonella and Campylobacter Verification Program For Raw Poultry Products (PDF) March 2, 2021
8000 8010.5 6 Case Referral And Disposition (PDF) May 11, 2021
8000 8080.3 3 Foodborne Illness Investigations (PDF) May 18, 2021
9000 9530.1 2 Importation of Live Canadian Cattle, Sheep, and Goats into the United States (PDF) June 4, 2021
8000 8410.1 7 Detention and Seizure (PDF) July 26, 2021
5000 5100.4 2 Public Health Risk Evaluation Methodology (PDF) August 12, 2021
7000 7520.2 1 Procedures For Domestic Condition of Canned Product Container Examination (PDF) October 12, 2021
5000 5000.4 3 Performing The Pre-Operational Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures Verification Task (PDF) October 14, 2021
5000 5000.5 3 Verification of Less Than Daily Sanitation Procedures in Meat and Poultry Processing Operations and Egg Products Establishments (PDF) October 14, 2021
8000 8010.2 6 Investigative Methodology (PDF) November 30, 2021
6000 6600.2 0 Inspection Procedures Related to Feral Swine and Reactor Pigs (PDF) December 6, 2021
8000 8010.4 6 Report of Investigation (PDF) February 7, 2022
10000 10800.2 0 Residue Sampling And Testing Under the National Residue Program For Meat and Poultry Products (PDF) February 14, 2022
10000 10800.3 0 Prioritizing Inspector-Generated Sampling Under the National Residue Program For Meat and Poultry Products (PDF) February 14, 2022
10000 10800.4 0 The National Residue Program Roles, Functions And Responsibilities (PDF) February 14, 2022
10000 10230.6 1 Submitting Tissue Specimens For Pathologic Evaluation To The Laboratory (PDF) March 3, 2022
8000 8160.1 1 Custom Exempt Review Process (PDF) April 25, 2022
12000 12600.2 2 May 20, 2022
8000 8010.1 6 Methodology For Conducting In-Commerce Surveillance Activities (PDF) June 3, 2022
10000 10800.1 3 Residue Sampling, Testing and Other Verification Procedures Under the National Residue Program for Meat and Poultry Products (PDF) July 1, 2022
7000 7355.1 3 Use of Sample Seals For Laboratory Samples (PDF) September 19, 2022
5000 5220.1 1 Grant of Inspection Management (PDF) October 24, 2022
10000 10240.5 4 Verification Procedures for Enforcement, Investigations and Analysis Officers for the Listeria Monocytogenes Regulation and Routine Risk-Based Listeria Monocytogenes Sampling Program (PDF) November 2, 2022
7000 7221.1 3 Prior Labelling Approval (PDF) January 18, 2023
6000 6100.8 2 Instructions for Verification of Immunologically Castrated Hogs During Ante-Mortem Inspection (PDF) May 26, 2023
6000 6100.3 2 Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Poultry Inspection (PDF) September 5, 2023
8000 8001.1 MMPI In-Commerce Compliance System (PDF) November 7, 2023
8000 8080.1 8 Managing Adulterated or Misbranded Meat, Poultry, or Egg Products (PDF) December 19, 2023
7000 7230.1 3 Ongoing Verification of Product Formulation and Labeling Targeting the Nine Most Common ("Big 9") Food Allergens (PDF) January 16, 2024
10000 10010.1 6 Sampling verification activities for shiga toxin-producing STEC in Raw Beef Products (PDF) February 15, 2024
8000 8010.3 7 Procedures For Evidence Collection, Safeguarding and Disposal (PDF) April 1, 2024
5000 5500.4 1 Products Intentionally Adulterated With Threat Agents (PDF) April 4, 2024
4000 4000.1 1 Report of Injury, Exposurem or Medical Condition (PDF) November 25, 2024
5000 5100.1 6 Food Safety Assessment Methodology (PDF) December 17, 2024
7000 7310.5 4 Presence of Foreign Material in Meat or Poultry Products (PDF) January 2, 2025
5000 5000.1 8 Verifying an Establishment's Food Safety System (PDF) January 10, 2025
10000 10240.3 1 MMPI Ready to Eat Sampling Programs (PDF) January 17, 2025
6000 6900.2 4 Humane Handling and Slaughter of Livestock (PDF) May 7, 2025