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Published Date: 8/6/2026
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New Poultry Sampling and Testing Rules
If you operate a poultry slaughter establishment, FSIS requires written procedures as part of your HACCP plan or sanitation programs to prevent contamination by Salmonella, Campylobacter, and fecal material. Establishments must sample for microbes at pre-chill and post-chill points (low volume establishments test only at post-chill); this collection covers 289 business respondents and totals 191,204 burden hours.
State MPI Annual Reviews and Reporting
FSIS requires State Meat and Poultry Inspection (MPI) programs to submit annual information and undergo a comprehensive state review with nine components to show their programs are "at least equal to" the Federal program. Thirty states participate as respondents, and the collection imposes 7,235 total burden hours for those state programs.
Non‑FSIS Lab Accreditation Checks
When non-FSIS laboratories submit test results on FSIS-regulated products, FSIS will collect documentation to verify accreditation (such as ISO 17025), chain of custody, lab reports, and responsible-official authorization; labs may use FSIS Form 8000-17. This applies to non-FSIS labs (3 respondents) and totals 23 burden hours.
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