Small and Very Small Inspected
Meat, Poultry, or Egg Product Establishments (Fiscal Year 2005)
Note: Work Products are available from some of these completed projects. These products,
although available to the public, belong to the cooperators indicated and do not
necessarily reflect USDA Policy.
PROJECT:
Development and Assessment of Educational Materials for Improving
Food Safety in Small and Very Small Meat Processing Establishments
Project
Objective
To develop
user-friendly educational materials on HACCP and SSOP concepts and
requirements, and State and Federal meat and poultry inspection program
requirements, translate them to Hmong and Spanish, and distribute
them to the owners and operators of small and very small meat and
poultry plants regulated by the Minnesota State Meat Inspection Program.
Project
Number; Completion Date
FSIS-C-19-2005
September 2006
Work
Product
Meeting
the Requirements for Federal or State Meat Inspections: SSOP and HACCP
Basics (DVD) (English, Spanish, Hmong)
Cooperator
Minnesota
Department of Agriculture, Meat and Poultry Inspection Program
PROJECT:
Development of an Online HACCP Course and Hazard Analysis Resource
List for Shell and Further Processed Eggs
Project
Objective
To
develop an online HACCP certification training program (fee for service)
and information resource/reference center for small and very small
shell egg and further processed egg processors.
Project:
Pathogen Modeling Program Development Project Predictive Microbiology
Information Portal (PMIP)
Project
Objective
To provide
small and very small meat and poultry processors with a comprehensive
Web site that will locate and retrieve predictive models, research
data, relevant regulatory policies and guidelines for use in their
Hazard Analysis, Critical Control Point (HACCP) food processing systems.
Completion
Date
May
2007
Work
Product
Predictive
Microbiological Information Portal (Online)
Cooperator
U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Eastern Regional
Research Center (ARS-ERRC)
To develop
a workbook for small and very small processing plants describing current
sampling and Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods and requirements,
their potential for use, and how to incorporate them within a given
facility.
Project
Number; Completion Date
FSIS-C-02-2006
February 2007
Work
Product
Sampling and Statistical
Process Control (Workbook)
Cooperator
Winrock International
FSIS
Project Manager & Phone
Kathleen Barrett
(202) 690-6520
Product
Access
Release date to
be determined.
PROJECT:
Evaluation and Maintenance of the Supporting Documentation Materials
for Hazard Decisions and HACCP Plan Implementation and Record Management
Project
Objective
To provide
meat and poultry processors current food safety-related data and guidelines
that they may use when documenting their HACCP decisions during hazard
analysis, validation of plans and corrective actions.
Project
Number; Completion Date
FSIS-C-58-2003A
January 2007
Work
Product
Supporting Documentation
Materials for HACCP Decisions, revised 2007 (Workbook)
PROJECT:
HACCP Plan Implementation and Records Management
Project
Objective
To provide
very small meat processors with well-designed examples of Critical
Control Points (CCPs), how to conduct process verification, pre-shipment
review, and manage CCP records.
Project
Number; Completion Date
FSIS-C-58-2003A
April 2007
Work
Product
HACCP Plan Implementation
and Records Management, revised 2007 (DVD and Workbook)
PROJECT:
Hot Water Interventions for Carcasses for the Control of E. coli
O157:H7 in Small and Very Small Meat Processing Plants
Project
Objective
To evaluate
current and standardized beef slaughter interventions and controls
utilized by small meat processing plants throughout the United States
and to establish a reference document, including performance standards,
for use by small and very small meat processors.
Project
Number; Completion Date
FSIS-C-32-2004
February 2007
Work
Product
Hot Water Interventions
for Carcasses for the Control of E. coli O157:H7 in Small
and Very Small Meat Processing Plants (Report)
Cooperators
University of Nebraska
(Lead), Kansas State University; University of Kentucky; North Carolina
State University
FSIS
Project Manager & Phone
Kathleen Barrett
(202) 690-6520
Product
Access
Please contact the
FSIS Project Manager for copies.