Food Safety / Inspection

Correspondence with Regulatory Agencies
Risk Assessment for Non-intact Beef:  Letter to David Goldman (2/1/2010)

Test and Control Policies: Letter to Secretary Vilsack (10/19/2009)

Retail Consignees Final Rule Memo (07/15/2008)

Test and Control Policies - Letter to Under Secretary for Food Safety Raymond (6/02/2008)

Directive 5000.2 - AMI, NCC, NTF Letter to Derfler (7/16/2008)

Petition for Rulemaking to Create 9 C.F.R. Part 435 to Establish a Regulatory Limit for L. monocytogenes in Meat and Poultry Products That Do Not Support Its Growth

Comments for the Public Record
Pre-Harvest Management Controls and Intervention Options for Reducing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Shedding Cattle - May 2010 - AMI Comments (July 13, 2010)

New Performance Standards for Salmonella and Campylobacter in Young Chickens and Turkey Slaughter Establishments - AMI Comments (July 13, 2010)

Draft Guidance: HACCP Systems Validation - AMI Written Comments (June 18, 2010)

HACCP Validation Guidance - AMI Verbal Comments at FSIS Public Meeting (June 14, 2010)

FSIS Docket 2010-0008: Improving Tracing Procedures for E. coli O157:H7 Positive Beef Product - AMI Written Comments (May 7, 2010)

FSIS Docket 2010-0008: Improving Tracing Procedures for E. coli O157:H7 Positive Beef Product - AMI Verbal Comments (March 10, 2010)

Docket No. FDA-2009-N-0523 Improving Product Tracing of Foods: More Rapid Outbreak Response - AMI Verbal Comments (December 2009)

Draft IKE Scenario 02-09 (04/30/2009)

FSIS Consumer Focus Groups (04/20/2009)

Draft Label Policy Guideline for N 60 Testing Claims for Boneless Beef (12/17/2008)

Compliance Guideline for Sampling Beef Trimmings for E. coli (11/19/2008)

Government Issuances
FSIS Directive 7120.1 Rev. 3: Safe and Suitable Ingredients Used in the Production of Meat, Poultry and Egg Products (7/6/2010)

FSIS Directive 8080.3: Foodborne Illness Investigations (11/17/2008)

FSIS Directive 8080.1 Revision 5: Recall of Meat and Poultry Products (11/17/2008)

Presentations
The Future of Food Safety Regulation
Farm Foundation Forum
James Hodges, executive vice president, American Meat Institute (4/7/2009)

Testimony

Press Releases/News Stories

Government Links

FSIS

askFSIS (http://askfsis.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/askfsis.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php)

District Veterinary Medical Officers Contact List (04/22/2009)

Executive Associates, Field Operations (October 2008)

FSIS (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/)

FSIS - Regulations & Policies (www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/index.asp)

FSIS Science (www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/index.asp)

FSIS Constituent Update (www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Const_Update_062008/index.asp)

FSIS Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/Meat_Poultry_Egg_Inspection_Directory/index.asp)

Food Defense (www.fsis.usda.gov/Food_Defense_&_Emergency_Response/Guidance_Materials/index.asp#Industry)

FSIS Risk Assessments (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Risk_Assessments/index.asp)

Humane Interactive Knowledge Exchange (HIKE) (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/fsis_employees/HIKE/index.asp)

Interactive Knowledge Exchange (IKE) (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/fsis_employees/IKE/index.asp)

National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (www.fsis.usda.gov/About_FSIS/NACMPI/index.asp)

National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/About_FSIS/NACMCF/index.asp)

Nonfood Compounds Registration (http://www.nsf.org/business/nonfood_compounds/index.asp?program=NonFoodComReg)

USDA (http://www.usda.gov/)

FDA

FDA - CFSAN - Inspection, Compliance, Enforcement and Recalls (http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/inspect.html)

FDA - Center for Veterinary Medicine (http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/default.htm)

AMI Links
AMI Foundation (http://www.amif.org/)

Animal Handling (http://www.animalhandling.org/)