FSIS Toughening Standards for Some NRTE Poultry Products
The Food Safety and Inspection Service is toughening standards for not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) ground or otherwise comminuted chicken and turkey products, in response to several salmonella outbreaks in 2011, it said in a notice to be published in the Dec. 6…
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Federal Register. FSIS ordered manufacturers of these products to reassess their Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plans for these products, and said it will begin verifying whether manufacturers have done so starting about Feb. 4. FSIS also announced how it will determine whether the association of NRTE meat or poultry product with an outbreak would make subsequently-produced like product adulterated. Finally, FSIS said it’s expanding coverage of its Salmonella Verification Sampling Program for Raw Meat and Poultry product, as well as application of its Category 1 performance measure for certain products. Comments are due to FSIS by Feb. 4.