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FSIS to Post Report on Risk-Based Inspection
In its efforts to develop a more robust, risk-based inspection system, FSIS secured the services of Resolve, Inc., a
national non-profit organization, to help with gathering input from employees, consumers, industry, state inspection
agencies, public health groups and other stakeholders.
Resolve has compiled a report summarizing and synthesizing stakeholder input, including the public workshop held in October.
The report will soon be posted on FSIS' Web site at
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/ Risk_Based_Inspection/index.asp.
Following the posting of the report, FSIS will notify stakeholders and seek their comments. Please submit comments to
RiskBasedInspection@fsis.usda.gov.
FSIS Chief Public Health Veterinarian Joins University of Calgary's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
FSIS Chief Public Health Veterinarian Dr. Bonnie Buntain will join the University of Calgary's Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine (UCVM) in the new year. In a joint appointment, she will serve as assistant dean, Government and International
Relations for the university's newly-formed Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and also as a public health professor with
the Faculty of Medicine.
UCVM is Canada's fifth veterinary college. UCVM will collaborate with the local veterinary community to build and deliver
an undergraduate Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program. The college will also integrate many research activities with the
Faculty of Medicine to address issues of importance to both animal and human health in Alberta.
"I feel that I have been given a wonderful opportunity to contribute to building a new educational program that will significantly and positively alter veterinary teaching, outreach and research as we currently traditionally know it," said Buntain.
In addition to serving as the agency's chief public health veterinarian, Buntain also advised FSIS' Office of Field
Operations on veterinary issues regarding food safety, humane slaughter and handling and optimizing the use, retention
and recruitment of public health veterinarians.
FSIS Issues Directive and Notice
FSIS publishes directives and notices to enable the agency to carry out its mission of protecting public health.
The following directives and notice were issued this week:
- Directive 5500.4 - Products Intentionally Adulterated with Threat Agents. This directive instructs FSIS
inspection program personnel how to verify that establishments properly address and control intentionally
adulterated product.
- Directive 5000.3 - Identification and Segregation of Products. This directive provides inspection program
personnel with instructions for verifying that an establishment identifies, segregates and properly holds
adulterated product that has been returned to the establishment or has been received by the establishment
for further processing.
- Notice 86-06 - Operations Occurring Outside Approved Hours. This notice instructs inspection program personnel
from FSIS' Office of Field Operations how to respond when an official establishment operates outside its approved
hours of operation without inspection. It also instructs inspection program personnel from FSIS' Office of
International Affairs how to respond when an official import inspection facility operates without inspection.
The directives and notice can be viewed on FSIS' Web site at
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/
regulations_directives_&_notices/index.asp.
Export Tip of the Week
FSIS can only provide export certification for products produced under FSIS inspection. Exporters should be referred
to the government agency that regulates the product(s) they wish to export.
Visit FSIS' Web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/
Regulations_&_Policies/Export_Information/index.asp
to learn more about requirements for exporting products to other countries.
To subscribe to the Export Library, go to
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_
Policies/Export_Requirements_EV_Countries/.
Export Requirement Updates
The Library of Export Requirements has been updated to reflect changes in export requirements for the following:
Complete information can be found at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/
Export_Information/index.asp.
Food Safety Education Fact Sheets
FSIS Issues News Release for Holiday Cooks
FSIS issued a news release on December 19 to offer food safety advice to holiday cooks.
"People can give the gift of food safety: Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill," said Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Richard Raymond. "By following these recommendations, consumers will help themselves and their families be food safe this holiday season."
The news release addresses the four key recommendations that can help consumers reduce the risk of foodborne
illness during holiday gatherings.
The news release is available at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/
News_&_Events/NR_121906_01/index.asp.
The FSIS Constituent Update staff would like to wish you a happy and healthy holiday season.
The FSIS Constituent Update will not publish on December 29 and will resume publishing on January 5, 2007.
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