Issue Papers
| Federal Register Notice on Part 417 Requirements This issue paper covers actions that owners and operators of federally inspected establishments must take to comply with the PR/HACCP requirement. Public Release of Salmonella Testing Results An estimate by the Joint Food and Agricultural Organization (United Nations)/World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). Strategy for Salmonella Testing The purpose of the Salmonella performance standards under PR/HACCP is to provide incentives for producers of raw meat and poultry products to reduce the prevalence of Salmonella on their products and to provide a substantive basis for judging the effectiveness of establishments' HACCP plans by both FSIS, and establishments. Next Steps Regarding Zero Tolerance This issue paper discusses the Agency's thinking on the zero tolerance policy and the requirement for establishments to consider this in their PR/HACCP plans. |