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FSIS Ready-to-Eat Fermented, Salt-Cured, and Dried Products Guideline
Texas A&M AgriLife Food Safety Downloads and Links
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USDA FSIS Listeria Guideline
- This compliance guideline offers specific recommendations for establishments producing post-lethality exposed ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products to meet the requirements of 9 CFR part 430, the Listeria Rule. It includes guidance on sanitation, Listeria monocytogenes testing, and cross-contamination prevention. The revised guideline, which replaces previous versions, addresses comments on the 2012 draft and provides new information on product holding, labeling, multiple processing steps, and responses to Listeria positive results. The guideline also discusses the pros and cons of compositing food contact surface samples and clarifies actions to take for Listeria spp. positive results. While representing best practice recommendations, it does not mandate compliance but suggests effective procedures that establishments can adopt to control Lm hazards in post-lethality exposed RTE products.
USDA FSIS Compliance Guideline: Controlling Meat and Poultry Products Pending Test Results
This compliance guideline from FSIS Compliance Guideline states that meat and poultry products tested for adulterants, such as Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella, must not enter commerce while testing is underway. This implies that producers are required to maintain control of the lot until negative test results are confirmed. The guideline provides detailed instructions for establishments to hold or control products during testing, determine lot sizes, and ensure compliance with FSIS requirements. It also outlines procedures for managing products that test positive, including corrective actions to prevent contaminated products from reaching consumers. Note USDA may update at any point so if this link doesn't work or a newer guideline get's published don't hesitate to let us know.
FDA Listeria Guideline
The draft guidance titled "Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-To-Eat Foods" by the FDA provides recommendations for minimizing or preventing the contamination of ready-to-eat (RTE) foods with Listeria monocytogenes. It outlines the current good manufacturing practices, hazard analysis, and risk-based preventive controls as per 21 CFR part 117. The guidance is designed for manufacturers, processors, packers, or holders of RTE foods who must comply with these regulations. It includes comprehensive measures, such as controls on personnel, plant design and operation, equipment maintenance, sanitation, raw material controls, process control, storage practices, transportation, environmental monitoring, and sampling and testing of RTE foods.