The New Technology Review Process

• This directive provides procedures that FSIS headquarters personnel are to follow when an establishment, egg products plant, or company submits a notification to inform the Agency of its intent to use a new technology, a new technology protocol for Agency review before implementation, a new technology protocol requesting to conduct an in-plant trial, or a validation protocol for Agency review before in-plant validation. New technology includes the use of substances in FSIS regulated products as well as technologies that require a waiver.
• This directive also facilitates improved coordination and uniformity among the following program areas involved in the review of new technology:
  1. Office of Policy and Program Development (OPPD);
  2. Office of Field Operations (OFO), District Offices (DO) and inspection program personnel (IPP);
  3. Office of Public Health Science (OPHS);
  4. Office of Management (OM), Labor and Employee Relations Division (LERD);
  5. OM, Employee, Safety, Health and Wellness Staff (ESHWS);
  6. Office of Data Integration and Food Protection (ODIFP); and
  7. Other FSIS program personnel as assigned.

Full Directive

5020.2.pdf