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

Notices

Notice Number Title of Notice Date Issued Expiration Date
17-24 Recording Supplier Information When Collecting MT43 Ground Beef, MT65_C Bench Trim, and Follow-up Raw Beef Samples (PDF) May 7, 2024 May 1, 2025

Federal Registers

Federal Register Number Federal Register Title Date Issued
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 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 0 Verifying Donation of Misbranded And Economically Adulterated Meat and Poultry Products To Non-Profit Organizations (PDF) January 27, 2016
5000 5000.3 1 Identification and Segregation of Product (PDF) February 11, 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 March 14, 2017
1000 1306.22 International and Domestic Use of FSIS Government Furnished Equipment (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
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 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
6000 6900.2 3 Humane Handling and Slaughter of Livestock (PDF) September 24, 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
8000 8140.1 2 February 26, 2021
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
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
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 5100.1 5 Food Safety Assessment Methodology (PDF) October 19, 2022
5000 5220.1 1 October 24, 2022
5000 5000.1 7 Verifying an Establishment's Food Safety System (PDF) October 27, 2022
10000 10240.5 4 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
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 Escherichia Coli (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