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New HACCP Models for Raw Intact Wild-caught and Raw Intact Farm-raised Catfish Products

FSIS has released generic models that illustrate the raw intact processing category with catfish products

October 17, 2022

FSIS has released generic HACCP models that illustrate the raw intact processing category with a wild-caught catfish product and another with farm-raised catfish product.

Recalls

FSIS Issues Recall for Sunset Farm Food’s Chicken and Pork Sausage Product

September 14, 2022

Sunset Farm Foods has issued a recall for its 28-oz. packages of its Georgia Special Chicken and Pork Smoked Sausage due to consumer complaints of blue plastic containments.

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ground Beef Products

August 19, 2022

The alert is due to concerns that specific ground beef products may be adulterated with E. coli O157:H7.

New HACCP model now available for raw non-intact egg products

August 16, 2022

FSIS has released a generic hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) model for raw non-intact egg products.

Regulatory Watch

FSIS posts updated reports on antimicrobial resistance profile

June 1, 2021

The quarterly antimicrobial resistance data for FSIS product categories has been updated on the FSIS website.

FSIS corrects egg products plants final rule

December 18, 2020

FSIS has corrected a final rule that published on October 29, 2020, which requires official plants that process egg products to develop and implement Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems and Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (Sanitation SOPs) and to meet other sanitation requirements consistent with the agency’s meat and poultry regulations.

Manufacturing News

Much food waste comes from misinterpretation on product date labels

Wayne Labs

November 18, 2019

The proliferation of various forms of date labels is enough to cause consumers not to buy a product with a short “sell by” date, leaving it to be junked at the store—or tossed prematurely at home—when the product is still perfectly fine.

Regulatory Watch

Shared regulatory approach for livestock, poultry cell-cultured products

May 20, 2019

USDA's FSIS and FDA released a formal agreement to address the regulatory oversight of human food products derived from the cells of livestock and poultry, which describes the oversight roles and responsibilities for both agencies and how they will collaborate to regulate the development and entry of these products into commerce.

Top 5 Types of Emphasis Programs used by OSHA in Plant Inspections

Manufacturing News

OSHA, FSIS and worker safety

Wayne Labs

February 11, 2019

While robots are taking over dangerous jobs in newer automated meat and poultry plants, the rest still use mostly manual labor.

Regulatory Watch

FSIS proposes eliminating carcass marking requirement

Rule applies only to carcasses that will be further processed in the same location

Casey Laughman

September 12, 2018

The FSIS is proposing an amendment to federal meat inspection regulations to eliminate the requirement that livestock carcasses be marked with the official inspection legend at the time of inspection in a slaughter establishment if the carcasses are to be further processed in the same establishment.