Regulatory Watch

FSIS issues guidelines for total quality control establishments

Guidelines will regulate expanded operating schedules

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued guidelines to inspection personnel for total quality control (TQC) establishments that request approval to expand operating schedules.

TQC establishments can request approval to expand their operating schedules to up to 12 hours per shift. If approved, establishments can produce and ship product during the expanded hours of operation. The provisions required for compliance during the first eight hours of operation will also apply to expanded hours.

KEYWORDS: FSIS regulations

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Casey Laughman is the former Editor in Chief of Food Engineering magazine. He has almost two decades’ experience as a writer and editor for mainstream and trade publications. He spent several years as a writer and editor for two news services before becoming the editor of a legal publication and managing editor of a trade magazine that covered the commercial facilities market.