"At Least Equal To" Data System Guidance for State Cooperative Meat and Poultry Inspection (MPI) Programs Electing Not to Use Public Health Information System (PHIS)
Guideline ID
FSIS-GD-2015-0003
Issue Date
January 2015
This guidance provides information about requirements to develop a data system that can produce inspection and recordkeeping outcomes at least equal to FSISs procedures using a data system other than FSISs Public Health Information System (PHIS). It applies to individual State and Cooperative Meat and Poultry Inspection program and describes the actions they may take to meet the at least equal to the recordkeeping requirements related to the antemortem and post-mortem inspection, reinspection, sanitation, recordkeeping, and enforcement provisions provided for in the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 USC 610 et seq.) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 USC 451 et. seq.)
Disclaimer: The contents of this guidance document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.