USDA FSIS Constituent Update - FSIS Makes Revisions to the Food Standards and Labeling Policy Book Entries

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FSIS Makes Revisions to the Food Standards and Labeling Policy Book Entries
In response to the final rule for “Descriptive Designation For Raw Meat and Poultry Products With Added Solutions,” FSIS is revising entries in the Food Standards and Labeling Policy Book. The changes are effective immediately.  

FSIS Posts Individual Salmonella Category Status for Poultry Carcass Establishments and Aggregate Results for Chicken Parts, Comminuted Poultry and Poultry Carcasses Tested for Salmonella
On Oct. 22, 2018, FSIS will update the individual establishments’ category status for Salmonella performance standards for poultry carcasses at: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/data-collection-and-reports/microbiology/salmonella-verification-testing-program/establishment-categories. FSIS also will update the aggregate sampling results 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/aggregate-data. 

FSIS to Discontinue PFGE and Move to WGS for Campylobacter Isolates
FSIS has been performing pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and whole genome sequencing (WGS) in parallel for all bacterial pathogens isolated from FSIS testing programs since fiscal year 2017.

Reminder: USDA and FDA Will Hold a Joint Public Meeting on Use of Animal Cell Culture Technology to Develop Products Derived from Livestock and Poultry
On Sept. 10, 2018, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, DVM and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. announced a joint public meeting to be held on Oct. 23-24, 2018 to discuss the use of cell culture technology to develop products derived from livestock and poultry.