USDA FSIS Constituent Update: FSIS Seeking Comments on Salmonella Petition

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. You are subscribed to Constituent Update for USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. A new or updated issue is now available. FSIS Seeking Comments on Salmonella Petition On January 18, 2020, Marler Clark LLP, on behalf of several individuals and consumer advocacy organizations, petitioned FSIS to issue an interpretive rule to declare 31 Salmonella serotypes as adulterants under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.). The petition requests that FSIS take this action on all 31 serotypes jointly or, if the agency concludes that one or more serotypes do not merit such treatment, on each serotype individually. The Salmonella serotypes identified in the petition have been associated with human illness outbreaks and product recalls. Reminder: FSIS Will Add the People's Republic of China to Public Health Information System As stated in the January 3rd Constituent Update, on January 27, 2020, FSIS will add the People's Republic of China to the Public Health Information System (PHIS) Export Component as Phase 3 of the country rollout. PHIS will be available and required, starting at 12:01 a.m. ET on January 27, for export applications to the People's Republic of China.   Stay Connected:   Subscriber Services: Preferences | Unsubscribe | Help | Questions? Contact Us This email was sent to stevenmagallanes520.nims@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service · United States Department of Agriculture · 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. · Washington D.C. 20250 · 800-439-1420