USDA FSIS Constituent Update - FSIS Announces Educational Meetings on the Implementation of the Final Rule on the Mandatory Inspection of Fish of the Order of Siluriformes

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FSIS Announces Educational Meetings on the Implementation of the Final Rule on the Mandatory Inspection of Fish of the Order of Siluriformes
FSIS is announcing two educational meetings—one on June 27, 2017 in Richmond,Va. and the second one on July 18, 2017 in Baltimore, Md.—to discuss the enforcement and implementation of the Final Rule on the “Mandatory Inspection of Fish of the order Siluriformes and Products Derived from such Fish.”

FSIS Announces Proposed Rule on Eligibility of the People’s Republic of China to Export Poultry Products to the United States  
On June 16, 2017, FSIS published a proposed rule to allow China to export poultry products derived from poultry slaughtered in China to the United States.

Extension of Comment Period of Notice Adjusting Inspection Coverage at Siluriformes Establishments  
On May 17, 2017, FSIS published a Federal Register Notice announcing its plan to adjust inspection coverage at official fish slaughter establishments, starting Sept.1, 2017, from all hours of operation to once per production shift.

FSIS Compliance Guidelines for Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Establishments Regarding Lethality and Stabilization in Meat and Poultry Products Available
On June 16, 2017, FSIS published a Federal Register Notice announcing the availability of, and requesting comments on, two updated compliance guidelines regarding the destruction of Salmonella and other pathogens in ready-to-eat (RTE) products (lethality) and the control of pathogen growth in heat-treated RTE and not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) products during cooling and hot-holding (stabilization).

FSIS Announces Change to its Siluriformes Fish Website
FSIS continues to gain significant insight into the domestic farm-raised and wild-caught Siluriformes fish (which includes catfish) industries during the transitional period which began March 1, 2016.

FSIS Posts Updated Dataset on Imports  
The updated dataset on import refusals for products regulated by FSIS is now available on the FSIS website.

FSIS Posts Aggregate Results for Chicken Parts, Comminuted Poultry and Poultry Carcasses Tested for Salmonella and Campylobacter
On June 20, 2017, FSIS will update the publicly posted aggregate sampling results (not individual establishments) relative to process control categories for establishments producing young chicken or turkey carcasses, raw chicken parts or Not Ready-To-Eat (NRTE) comminuted poultry products at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/data-collection-and-reports/microbiology/salmonella-verification-testing-program.