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FSIS Announces Guidance for Selection of Commercial or Private Microbiological Testing Laboratory

The Food Safety and Inspection Service posted its final guidance for federally inspected establishments in the selection of commercial and private microbiological testing laboratories on its Web page (here). Criteria in the final guidance, effective Aug. 26, may be used…

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by establishments that prepare meat, poultry, or processed egg products to select commercial or private microbiological testing laboratories. The criteria may also be used to determine the laboratories’ capability to produce accurate and reliable results about the safety of food products, FSIS said.