Salmonella Verification Testing Program Monthly Posting
Most Recent Posting
- March 29, 2020 through March 27, 2021
- March 1, 2020 through February 27, 2021
- February 2, 2020 through January 30, 2021
- December 29, 2019 through December 26, 2020
- December 1, 2019 through November 28, 2020
- November 3, 2019 through October 31, 2020
- September 29, 2019 through September 26, 2020
- September 1, 2019 through August 29, 2020
- July 28, 2019 through July 25, 2020
- June 30, 2019 through June 27, 2020
- June 2, 2019 through May 30, 2020
- April 28, 2019 through April 25, 2020
- March 31, 2019 through March 28, 2020
- March 3, 2019 through February 29, 2020
- January 27, 2019 through January 25, 2020
- December 30, 2018 through December 28, 2019
- December 2, 2018 through November 30, 2019
- October 28, 2018 through October 26, 2019
- September 30, 2018 through September 28, 2019
- September 2, 2018 through August 31, 2019
- July 29, 2018 - July 27, 2019
- July 1, 2018 - June 29, 2019
- May 27, 2018 - May 25, 2019
- April 29, 2018 - April 27, 2019
- April 1, 2018 - March 30, 2019
- February 25, 2018 - February 23, 2019
- Jan 28, 2018 - Jan 26, 2019
- Dec 31, 2017 - Dec 29, 2018
- Nov 26, 2017 - Nov 24, 2018
- Oct 29, 2017 - Oct 27, 2018
- Jul 9, 2017–Sep 29, 2018
- Jun 4, 2017–Aug 25, 2018
- July 29, 2018 - July 27, 2019
- May 7, 2017–Jul 28, 2018
- Apr 2, 2017–Jun 30, 2018
- Mar 5, 2017–May 26, 2018
- Feb 5, 2017–Apr 28, 2018
- Jan 8, 2017–Mar 31, 2018
- Dec 4, 2016–Feb 24, 2018
- Nov 6, 2016–Jan 27, 2018
- Oct 9, 2016–Dec 30, 2017
- Sep 4, 2016–Nov 25, 2017
- Aug 7, 2016–Oct 28, 2017
- Jul 3, 2016–Sep 30, 2017
- Jun 5, 2016–Aug 26, 2017
- May 8, 2016–Jul 29, 2017
- Apr 3, 2016–Jun 24, 2017
- Mar 6, 2016–May 27, 2017
- Feb 7, 2016–Apr 29, 2017
- Jan 10, 2016–Mar 25, 2017
- Dec 6, 2015–Feb 25, 2017
- Nov 8, 2015–Jan 28, 2017
- Oct 4, 2015–Dec 31, 2016
FSIS posts the monthly reports on the Performance Category of Individual Raw Poultry Establishments and the Aggregate Salmonella Categorization for Raw Poultry Establishments on or about the 20th of the month. For the posting each month in Calendar Year 2021, the reference period for category assessment is:
| Month of Posting | Reference Period | ||
| January 2021 | December 29, 2019 - December 26, 2020 | ||
| February 2021 | February 2, 2020 - January 30, 2021 | ||
| March 2021 | March 1, 2020 - February 27, 2021 | ||
| April 2021 | March 29, 2020 - March 27, 2021 | ||
| May 2021 | April 26, 2020 - April 24, 2021 | ||
| June 2021 | May 31, 2020 - May 29, 2021 | ||
| July 2021 | June 28, 2020 - June 26, 2021 | ||
| August 2021 | August 2, 2020 - July 31, 2021 | ||
| September 2021 | August 30, 2020 - August 28, 2021 | ||
| October 2021 | September 27, 2020 - September 25, 2021 | ||
| November 2021 | November 1, 2020 - October 30, 2021 | ||
| December 2021 | November 29, 2020 - November 27, 2021 | ||
| January 2022 | December 27, 2020 - December 25, 2021 |
FSIS continuously samples (up to five times per month) poultry establishments producing young chicken and turkey carcasses, and raw chicken parts, so that it can more closely monitor an establishment's process control over time. FSIS also continuously samples NRTE comminuted chicken and turkey products for Salmonella.
FSIS uses these Salmonella sampling results to assess establishment performance during a reference period of one completed 52-week moving window based on a 3-category system. Establishments at or below half of the performance standard over the previous moving window are placed in Category 1, those that meet the standard in that period are placed in Category 2, and those that fail the standard in the previous moving window are placed in Category 3.
As FSIS announced in the November 9, 2018 Federal Register, FSIS will post on its website the category status of individual establishments for pathogen reduction performance standards for Salmonella in young chicken carcasses, young turkey carcasses, raw chicken parts, and NRTE comminuted chicken and turkey products, based on FSIS verification sampling results from one 52-week window, but not to include follow-up sampling. As the Federal Register outlines, the category definitions under verification sampling are as follows:
- Category 1: Establishments that have achieved 50 percent or less of the maximum allowable percent positive during the most recent completed 52-week moving window.
- Category 2: Establishments that meet the maximum allowable percent positive but have results greater than 50 percent of the maximum allowable percent positive during the most recent completed 52-week moving window.
- Category 3: Establishments that have exceeded the maximum allowable percent positive during the most recent completed 52-week moving window.
Individual windows are defined as 52 consecutive Sunday-to-Saturday weeks. Category status is determined based on 52 weeks of data, i.e., the last completed 52-week moving window, ending on the last Saturday of the previous month.
Sampling results used in the monthly establishment category assignments are extracted from the FSIS data systems on approximately the 11th of the current month to allow at least 10 days of lab processing time for samples taken before the close of the last moving window to be included. For demonstration, data extracted on January 11, 2018 for the January web posting would include the completed moving window of samples taken through December 30, 2017.
