HACCP Plan Reassessment for Not-Ready-To-Eat Comminuted Poultry Products and Related Agency Verification Procedures
meat-poultry · Food Safety and Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2013-03-07 · Effective 2012-12-06 · 78 FR 14635
Document
Document number
2013-05342
Federal Register citation
78 FR 14635
CFR reference
9 CFR 417
Type
Rule
Action
Notice of extension of comment period.
Category
meat-poultry
Sub-agency
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Publication date
2013-03-07
Effective date
2012-12-06
USDA docket
Docket No. FSIS-2012-0007
Abstract
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is extending the comment period for the December 6, 2012, Federal Register document "HACCP Plan Reassessment for Not-Ready-to-Eat Comminuted Poultry Products and Related Agency Verification Procedures" until April 20, 2013. FSIS will also provide an additional 45 days for establishments that produce not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) comminuted chicken or turkey products to reassess their Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plans for those products. FSIS will postpone by 45 days the date inspection personnel will begin verifying that those establishments have reassessed their HACCP plans. In addition, starting approximately on April 20, 2013, the Agency intends to begin obtaining samples to determine the prevalence of Salmonella in NRTE comminuted poultry product announced in the document. The Agency is taking these actions in response to a request made by a coalition of trade associations.