Salmonella Verification Testing Program Monthly Posting
INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS: Individual Salmonella Categorization for Poultry Establishments (November 26, 2017- November 24, 2018)
- Dataset of Most Recent Monthly Posting
- Datasets of Previous Monthly Postings
AGGREGATE DATA: Aggregate Salmonella Categorization for Young Chicken and Turkey Carcasses, Raw Chicken Parts, and NRTE Comminuted Poultry Establishments (November 26, 2017-November 24, 2018)
NOTE: As announced in the August 27, 2018 Constituent Update, Constituent Update FSIS began testing all raw poultry samples using the enrichment method to detect Campylobacter and has discontinued assessing whether establishments meet the current Campylobacter performance standards. FSIS will continue to share individual Campylobacter sampling results directly with establishments using existing mechanisms but has temporarily discontinued posting aggregate category results on the FSIS website until sufficient data are generated with the new method and new Campylobacter performance standards are in place.
- Dataset of Most Recent Monthly Posting
- Datasets of Previous Monthly Postings
- October 29, 2017-October 27, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Jul 9, 2017–Sep 29, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Jun 4, 2017–Aug 25, 2018 (Excel) | PDF (Note: Files updated on September 28, 2018. A pound sign (#) indicates an update to correct the category status of an establishment. Samples were determined to be ineligible because the samples were from ineligible products or not taken after the final intervention as instructed in FSIS Notice 35-16.)
- May 7, 2017–Jul 28, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Apr 2, 2017–Jun 30, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Mar 5, 2017–May 26, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Feb 5, 2017–Apr 28, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Jan 8, 2017–Mar 31, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Dec 4, 2016–Feb 24, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Nov 6, 2016–Jan 27, 2018 (Excel) | PDF (Note: Files updated on 3/7/18. A pound sign (#) indicates an update to correct the category status of an establishment. A sample was determined to be ineligible because it was not taken at the chiller after the last intervention step prior to cut up as instructed in FSIS Directive 10250.1.)
- Oct 9, 2016–Dec 30, 2017 (Excel) | PDF
- Sep 4, 2016–Nov 25, 2017 (Excel) | PDF
- Aug 7, 2016–Oct 28, 2017 (Excel) | PDF
- Jul 3, 2016–Sep 30, 2017 (Excel) | PDF
- Jun 5, 2016–Aug 26, 2017 (Excel) | PDF
- May 8, 2016–Jul 29, 2017 (Excel) | PDF
- Apr 3, 2016–Jun 24, 2017 (Excel) | PDF
- Mar 6, 2016–May 27, 2017 (Excel) | PDF
- Feb 7, 2016–Apr 29, 2017 (Excel) | PDF
- Jan 10, 2016–Mar 25, 2017 (Excel) | PDF
- Dec 6, 2015–Feb 25, 2017 (Excel) | PDF
- Nov 8, 2015–Jan 28, 2017 (Excel) | PDF
- Oct 4, 2015–Dec 31, 2016 (Excel) | PDF
About the Monthly Reports Posting
Salmonella Verification Testing Program
About the Monthly Reports Posting
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 Years 2018 and 2019, the reference period for category assessment is:
| Month of Posting | Reference Period | ||
| November 2018 | October 29, 2017 – October 27, 2018 | ||
| December 2018 | November 26, 2017 – November 24, 2018 | ||
| January 2019 | December 31, 2017 – December 29, 2018 | ||
| February 2019 | January 28, 2018 – January 26, 2019 | ||
| March 2019 | February 25, 2018 – February 23, 2019 | ||
| April 2019 | April 1, 2018 – March 30, 2019 | ||
| May 2019 | April 29, 2018 – April 27, 2019 | ||
| June 2019 | May 27, 2018 – May 25, 2019 | ||
| July 2019 | July 1, 2018 – June 29, 2019 | ||
| August 2019 | July 29, 2018 – July 27, 2019 | ||
| September 2019 | September 2, 2018 – August 31, 2019 | ||
| October 2019 | September 30, 2018 – September 28, 2019 | ||
| November 2019 | October 28, 2018 – October 26, 2019 | ||
| December 2019 | December 2, 2018 – November 30, 2019 |
Salmonella Verification Testing Program
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.