Ratite Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Inspection - Food Safety and . . . In motion When viewing each ratite during ante-mortem inspection, IPP are to observe: The overall condition of the ratite, the head; including the eyes, nostrils, beak, and neck; the legs; the wings; and the body of the bird; The degree of alertness, mobility, and breathing; and The ratite for any unusual swellings or any other abnormalities
FSIS PHIS Directive 6170. 1 - Ratite Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Inspection In motion When viewing each ratite during ante-mortem inspection, IPP are to observe: The overall condition of the ratite, the head; including the eyes, nostrils, beak, and neck; the legs; the wings; and the body of the bird; The degree of alertness, mobility, and breathing; and The ratite for any unusual swellings or any other abnormalities
FSIS NOTICE - Food Safety and Inspection Service I PURPOSE FSIS is reissuing the instructions in FSIS Notice 36-24, Public Health Information System New Poultry Inspection System Disposition Task and Questionnaire, so that inspection program personnel (IPP) continue to complete the New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS) Disposition task and questionnaire in the Public Health Information System (PHIS) and FSIS has slaughter total data for FSIS
Sampling Requirements to Demonstrate Process Control in Slaughter . . . Microbiological Sampling for Poultry (other than Ratite) and Swine Slaughter Operations The purpose of the modernized sampling requirements is to ensure that establishments monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of their procedures to prevent contamination of carcasses by enteric pathogens and visible fecal material on an ongoing basis
AskFSIS - Food Safety and Inspection Service The guidance resource, askFSIS, is a Web-based computer application, designed to respond to technical and policy-related questions from FSIS inspectors, industry, consumers, other stakeholders, and the public It contains a searchable knowledge base of Q As that allows visitors to seek answers to questions about such diverse topics as exporting, importing, labeling, sampling, FSIS policies
FSIS Directive 6030. 1 Revision 2 - Religious Exemption for the . . . Verify that the establishment has a corresponding Religious Exemption Certificate (FSIS Form 6030-1) issued by the DO for each exemption activity conducted, including the following: If an establishment further processes religious exempt carcasses into religious exempt parts, the establishment has a separate certificate for that activity regardless of whether the carcasses are from birds
Slaughter Inspection Training - Poultry Antemortem Inspection Ratite Antemortem Inspection Antemortem inspection in ratites more closely matches the livestock method of antemortem inspection There must be an identification system used that accurately identifies each animal and establishes that Agency personnel have performed antemortem inspection on that bird
Verification of Procedures for Controlling Fecal Material, Ingesta, and . . . CHAPTER I -- GENERAL PURPOSE This directive provides inspection program personnel (IPP) with the current method for protecting public health by verifying, documenting, and enforcing the requirement that there be no visible fecal material, milk, or ingesta on livestock carcasses at or immediately after the final rail, and for verifying that feces, ingesta, and milk are not present on head
FSIS Compliance Guideline: Modernization of Poultry Slaughter . . . This guideline provides information about the new microbiological sampling and analysis requirements under the 2014 final rule to modernize poultry slaughter (79 FR 49566) It applies to all official small and very small poultry slaughter establishments, except for establishments that slaughter ratites, and the actions they may take to prevent contamination of carcasses and parts by enteric
Dr. Kenneth Clevenger - Food Safety and Inspection Service Earlier this year, he had an opportunity to dust off his old notes on ratite inspection procedures and provided an excellent teaching environment on ratite inspection for the supervisory public health veterinarians, consumer safety inspectors, food inspectors, plant managers and their employees