Food Safety and Inspection Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250-3700

Updated April 09, 2004

Pathogen Reduction/HACCP & HACCP Implementation

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Hot Topics, Frequent Requests

• Baseline Data Collection Program
• Food Safety Resources: Small and Very Small Plant Outreach
• FSIS Federal Register Publications
• Generic HACCP Models
• Guidance Documents
  (Hazard identification guide; Listeria guidelines; performance standards; SSOPs)
• HACCP-Based Inspection Models
• Positive E. coli Test Results
• Progress Report on Salmonella Testing, 1998-2002
• Small and Very Small Plant Outreach
• Quarterly Enforcement Reports
• Additional Resources

General Information about the Regulation

• The Final Rule (FR Vol. 61, No. 144, Thursday, July 25, 1996)
• Q And A: Hazard Analysis And Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems
• Backgrounder: Pathogen Reduction and HACCP Systems...and Beyond
• Backgrounder: The Final Rule on Pathogen Reduction and HACCP
• Key Facts on Various Aspects of the Rule and HACCP Implementation
• Backgrounder: HACCP Implementation--Phase II for Small Plants, January 1999
• Backgrounder: HACCP IMPLEMENTATION—Phase III for Very Small Plants, July 1999
• Overview: Evaluation of the Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (PR/HACCP) Systems; Final Rule (November 1999)
  • Slide presentation to accompany the overview

• For the latest Backgrounders on HACCP and related topics, please check the Backgrounders page.

Memoranda

• To Establishment Owners/Operators, From Mark T. Mina, October 29, 2001
  Consumer Safety Officer (CSO) Position
• To All District Managers, From Mark T. Mina, 10/5/01
  Responsibility for FSIS Personnel Concerning Sanitary Operations, Employee Hygiene and Cross Contamination of Products and Processes in Federally Inspected Meat, Poultry and Egg Products Establishments.

Small & Very Small Plant HACCP Implementation

• State HACCP Network: Contacts and Coordinators
• Public Meetings to Help Small Plant Operators
• Mr. Billy's remarks at the Raleigh meeting, September 19, 1998

HACCP Implementation Updates and Reports

• Small & Very Small Plant HACCP Update
  A series of Small Plant HACCP Updates was issued between September 1998 and December 1999. This information is provided for historical purposes. Phone numbers, contact information, and other key information may have changed.
• HACCP Update
  • Update #2, April 21, 1998
  • Update #1, June 17, 1997
• Evaluation of Inspection Activities During Phase One of HACCP Implementation, July 1998 [PDF*, 271 KB]

HACCP Hotline Trends

• FSIS Inspection Personnel Questions on HACCP Implementation
  • Set #2, June 1998
  • Set #1, March 1998
• Industry Questions on HACCP Implementation
  • Set #2, June 1998
  • Set #1, March 1998

Issue Papers

• Federal Register Notice on Part 417 Requirements -- Establishment Review of Product Production Records
• Public Release of Salmonella Testing Results
• Strategy for Salmonella Testing
• What Will Be the Next Steps Re: Zero Tolerance

  Additional Resources

• Food Safety Resources: Small and Very Small Plant Outreach
• Food Safety Virtual University's College of Pathogen Reduction and HACCP programs
  [Training and educational materials used by FSIS in training related to HACCP, available in this electronic format for anyone seeking additional information on the regulatory components of HACCP programs]
• International HACCP Alliance
• State HACCP Network: Contacts and Coordinators
• USDA/FDA HACCP Training Programs and Resources Database
• USDA/FDA Foodborne Illness Education Information Center (Links to HACCP and food safety information)

• Selected Notices, Directives, and other FSIS Issuances are available on the FSIS Regulations Development and Analysis site: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/publications.htm

• The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is available online from the National Archives and Records Administration. Search or browse Title 9 at http://www.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cfrassemble.cgi. Home page for the CFR is http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html  

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For Further Information Contact:

• Media Inquiries: (202) 720-9113
• Congressional Inquiries: (202) 720-3897
• Constituent Inquiries: (202) 720-9113
• Consumer Inquiries: Call the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline; TTY: 1-800-256-7072.

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