USDA FSIS Constituent Update - FSIS to Resume Posting of Individual Salmonella Category Status for Poultry Carcass Establishments

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FSIS to Resume Posting of Individual Salmonella Category Status for Poultry Carcass Establishments
FSIS began posting individual establishment categories for Salmonella performance standards for poultry carcasses in May 2016, as announced in the Federal Register (81 FR 7285).

Fiscal Year 2017 Meat and Poultry Inspection Program Review Results Available
The Fiscal Year 2017 Annual State Review and Determination Reports and the Summary Report on the State Meat and Poultry Inspection (MPI) program review results were released today.

FSIS Posts Updated Dataset on Import Rejections
FSIS has updated the publicly posted dataset on import refusals for products regulated by FSIS.

FSIS Posts Aggregate Results for Chicken Parts, Comminuted Poultry and Poultry Carcasses Tested for Salmonella and Campylobacter
On Dec. 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: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/data-collection-and-reports/microbiology/salmonella-verification-testing-program.

FSIS Announces Change on Assessing Antimicrobial Sensitivity for Enterococcus
Effective Jan. 1, 2018, FSIS is announcing a change in the configuration to the panel with which we assess antimicrobial sensitivity for Enterococcus sp., specifically, the addition of avilamycin, removal of kanamycin, change of penicillin to ampicillin and removal of lincomycin

USDA Provides Tips to Keep Holiday Food Safe at Home or When Traveling
The most wonderful time of the year is already here. Some of us stay home for the holidays; others travel to visit relatives or friends.

Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration: Release of a New Report on Foodborne Illness Source Attribution Estimates for 2013
Today, the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) released a report titled “Foodborne illness source attribution estimates for 2013 for Salmonella, E. coli O157, Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter using multi-year outbreak surveillance data, United States.”

FSIS Suspends Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis Analysis for Listeria monocytogenes
Effective Jan. 15, 2018, FSIS is announcing the suspension of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) analysis for Listeria monocytogenes.