Regulatory Education Video Seminars
| View the various regulatory education video sessions provided to promote a uniform understanding of the regulations. |
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Selecting Scientific Documentation to Support Establishments' HACCP Plan (WMV) This seminar reviews some specific examples of scientific documentation and gives some categories of information and different approaches that could be used in selecting the "best" information for your HACCP plans. |
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Using In-Plant Records to Improve Establishments' Food Safety Systems (WMV) This seminar focuses on the importance of an active data analysis system to insure recognition of trends that could indicate a change in food safety status or risk. |
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In-Plant Validation of Food Safety Interventions in Beef Products (WMV) This seminar describes what validation is, how it differs from verification, the relationship between the hazard analysis and the mitigations, and how to validate interventions. |
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In-Plant Validation of Food Safety Interventions In Poultry Products (WMV) This seminar explains the difference between verification and validation and focuses on the importance of validation. |
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Selecting and Maintaining Effective GMPS for an Effective Food Safety System (WMV) This seminar discusses selecting and maintaining effective good manufacturing practice programs and particularly how they relate to an effective food safety system. |
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Verifying Sanitary Dressing and Process Control Procedures by Off-line Inspection Program Personnel in Poultry Slaughter Operations This seminar discusses the role of sanitary dressing and process control as a part of the establishment's food safety system to include:
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Sanitary Dressing Procedures (WMV) This seminar shares information on how FSIS will verify that sanitary dressing procedures are being followed, how sanitary dressing procedures are critical to reducing E. Coli O157:H7 to undetectable levels, how to verify that plant interventions are validated and used as intended, and what the triggers are that indicate that sanitized dressing procedures may be out of control. |
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Methods to Ensure Effective Sanitation in Meat Poultry and Egg Products Establishments (WMV) Learn about the importance of having a sanitary facility, factors that contribute to a sanitary facility, and how to evaluate the effectiveness of your sanitation program. |
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FSIS Policies and Guidance on Statistical Process Control Procedures in Slaughter Operations (WMV) This seminar reviewed FSIS guidelines for generic E. coli testing for process control verification in cattle, swine, and poultry establishments. Dr. Surak also discusses sampling issues and how to achieve statistical process control in small and very small establishments, including practical examples of SPC implementation. |
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New Food Safety Technologies for Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Slaughter Plants (WMV) This seminar discusses novel, low-cost, practical, easy-to-implement strategies and new technologies that small and very small plants can use to control pathogens such as E. coli and Salmonella in meat and poultry slaughter operations. |
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Risk Management Practices to Control E. coli 0157:H7 in Beef Slaughter Operations (WMV) This seminar provided information on post-harvest technologies and decontamination methods and discussed validation of control programs. |
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Issues Regarding Effective Microbiological Testing for E. coli O157:H7 for Small and Very Small Plants (WMV) This seminar helps small and very small plants understand how to design an effective sampling program. |
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E. coli O157:H7 Reassessment and Best Practices (WMV) This seminar discusses FSIS Notice 65-07 issued on Oct 12, 2007, titled &147;Notice of Reassessment for Escherichia coli O157:H7 Control and Completion of a Checklist for all Beef Operations&148; and the best practices issued by FSIS to assist small and very small establishments. |
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FSIS Compliance Guidelines for E. coli 0157:H7 Verification (WMV) This seminar reviewed the sampling and testing requirements for E. coli O157:H7 in beef operations, how to dispose of product that tests positive for E. coli O157:H7, the use of instructional or disclaimer statements on product packaging, and how to validate CCPs related to E. Coli O157:H7 in ground beef operations. |
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Summary of Listeria monocytogenes Compliance Guidelines for Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Plants that Produce RTE Products (WMV) This seminar discussed the public health significance of Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) contamination of ready-to-eat products, identified environmental sources of Lm within the plant environment, provided an overview of the FSIS guidelines for controlling Lm in small and very small plants, and discussed appropriate sampling for Listeria spp. and indicator organisms consistent with the FSIS compliance guidelines. |
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In Plant Risk Management Practices for Controlling Salmonella in Poultry (WMV) This seminar provided information on bio-mapping, multiple hurdle approaches for controlling Salmonella, and validating the effectiveness of in-plant control programs. |
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Review of FSIS Compliance Guidelines for Controlling Salmonella in Small and Very Small Plants that Produce Raw Products (WMV) This seminar reviewed the FSIS compliance guidelines for controlling Salmonella in raw poultry products and provided information on specific intervention strategies for Salmonella control, the role of sanitation and other prerequisite programs, and validating the effectiveness of Salmonella control programs. |
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Avian Influenza (WMV) This seminar provided an overview of the avian influenza virus and how it is transmitted. |
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Industry Preparation for a Human Pandemic (WMV) This seminar discusses what a pandemic influenza is and how it spreads, the scope of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, what industry can do to be prepared for a human pandemic and informational resources. |
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FSIS Policies on Generic Labeling of Meat and Poultry Products (WMV) This seminar reviewed requirements of generic labeling of meat and poultry products and the types of information that is allowed and not allowed on generic labels. |
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New Food Safety Technologies for Small and Very Small Plants Producing RTE Meat and Poultry Products (WMV) This seminar discusses novel, low-cost, practical, easy-to-implement strategies and new technologies that small and very small plants can use to control pathogens such as Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. |
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Prohibition of the Use of Specified Risk Material for Human Food and Requirements for Disposition of Non-Ambulatory Cattle; Prohibition of the Use of Certain Stunning Devices Used to Immobilize Cattle (WMV) This seminar reviews the FSIS final rule on SRM removal and recordkeeping that became effective on Oct 1, 2007. |
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Review of FSIS Compliance Guidelines for the Production of Safe Meat and Poultry Jerky Products in Small and Very Small Plants (WMV) This seminar explained the differences between moisture-protein-ratio and water activity measurements, how to control humidity and drying parameters during jerky production, and how to use and apply jerky validation research studies to individual processes. |