Industry Questions and Answers Regarding NPIS
A list of answers to questions shared by industry stakeholders and establishments.

Additional questions about Poultry Slaughter Inspection can be sent to askFSIS@fsis.usda.gov.

Guidance Resources

• FSIS Compliance Guideline: Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection Microbiological Sampling of Raw Poultry
  This guidance document is designed to help small and very small poultry slaughter establishments comply with the new microbiological sampling and analysis requirements that apply to all official poultry slaughter establishments, except for establishments that slaughter ratites.
• Docket No. FSIS-2011-0012
  • Related Documents:
    • Compliance Guideline for Training Establishment Carcass Sorters in the New Poultry Inspection System
    • Poultry Slaughter Modernization FAQs
    • Scheduling of Plants for New Poultry Inspection System Implementation
    • Poultry Slaughter Inspection Infographic
• Docket No. FSIS 2011-0012 

Risk Assessments

• FSIS Risk Assessment for Guiding Public Health-Based Poultry Slaughter Inspection
• FSIS Risk Assessment for Guiding Public Health-Based Poultry Slaughter Inspection
  • FSIS Risk Assessment for Guiding Public Health-Based Poultry Slaughter Inspection
    • Executive Summary Quantitative Risk Assessment - Food Safety Improvements of Proposed Poultry Slaughter Rule
    • Reply to Peer Review Comments for FSIS Risk Assessment for Guiding Public Health Risk-Based Poultry Slaughter Inspection 

Evaluations and Analysis

• Analysis of Specified Offline Tasks for Establishments Converting to the New Poultry Inspection System
• Update on Preliminary Analysis of Modernization of Poultry Slaughter 
• Evaluation of HACCP Inspection Models Project (HIMP)

New Technologies

FSIS reviews new technologies that companies employ to ensure that their use is consistent with Agency regulations and will not adversely affect product safety, inspection procedures, or the safety of FSIS inspectors.

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