Salmonella Verification Testing Program Monthly Posting
INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS: Individual Salmonella Categorization for Poultry Establishments (March 3, 2019 through February 29, 2020)
- Dataset of Most Recent Monthly Posting
- Datasets of Previous Monthly Postings
- March 3, 2019 through February 29, 2020 (Excel) | PDF
- January 27, 2019 through January 25, 2020 (Excel) | PDF
- December 30, 2018 through December 28, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- December 2, 2018 through November 30, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- October 28, 2018 through October 26, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- September 30, 2018 through September 28, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- September 2, 2018 through August 31, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- July 29, 2018 - July 27, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- July 1, 2018 - June 29, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- May 27, 2018 - May 25, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- April 29, 2018 - April 27, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- April 1, 2018 - March 30, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- February 25, 2018 - February 23, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- Jan 28, 2018 - Jan 26, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- Dec 31, 2017 - Dec 29, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Nov 26, 2017 - Nov 24, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Oct 29, 2017 - Oct 27, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
AGGREGATE DATA: Aggregate Salmonella Categorization for Young Chicken and Turkey Carcasses, Raw Chicken Parts, and NRTE Comminuted Poultry Establishments (March 3, 2019 through February 29, 2020)
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
- March 3, 2019 through February 29, 2020 (Excel) | PDF
- January 27, 2019 through January 25, 2020 (Excel) | PDF
- December 30, 2018 through December 28, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- December 2, 2018 through November 30, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- October 28, 2018 through October 26, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- September 30, 2018 through September 28, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- September 2, 2018 through August 31, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- July 29, 2018 - July 27, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- July 1, 2018 - June 29, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- May 27, 2018 - May 25, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- April 29, 2018 - April 27, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- April 1, 2018 - March 30, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- February 25, 2018 - February 23, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- Jan 28, 2018 - Jan 26, 2019 (Excel) | PDF
- Dec 31, 2017 - Dec 29, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Nov 26, 2017 - Nov 24, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Oct 29, 2017 - Oct 27, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Jul 9, 2017–Sep 29, 2018 (Excel) | PDF
- Jun 4, 2017–Aug 25, 2018 (Excel) | PDF July 29, 2018 - July 27, 2019 (Excel) |
- 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
- 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 2020, the reference period for category assessment is:
| Month of Posting | Reference Period | ||
| December 2019 | December 2, 2018 - November 30, 2019 | ||
| January 2020 | December 1, 2018 - December 29, 2019 | ||
| February 2020 | January 27, 2019 - January 25, 2020 | ||
| March 2020 | March 2, 2019 - February 28, 2020 | ||
| April 2020 | March 31, 2019 - March 28, 2020 | ||
| May 2020 | April 28, 2019 - April 25, 2020 | ||
| June 2020 | June 2, 2019 - May 30, 2020 | ||
| July 2020 | June 30, 2019 - June 27, 2020 | ||
| August 2020 | July 28, 2019 - July 25, 2020 | ||
| September 2020 | September 1, 2019 - August 29, 2020 | ||
| October 2020 | September 29, 2019 - September 26, 2020 | ||
| November 2020 | November 3, 2019 - October 31, 2020 | ||
| December 2020 | December 1, 2019 - November 28, 2020 | ||
| January 2021 | December 29, 2019 - December 26, 2020 |
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.