Food Safety: Consumer Outreach and Education Today and for the Future (October 6, 2020)

• Docket No. FSIS–2020–0026 | PDF
• Register to Attend the Meeting
• Meeting Agenda
• Speaker Biographies
• Presentation
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5

Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Time: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is hosting a virtual public meeting with participation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Partnership for Food Safety Education. FSIS seeks to establish a comprehensive understanding of how consumers handle and prepare food today, by reviewing recent research and forthcoming research, so as to develop the most effective approach for consumer outreach and education in the future. Industry, consumer representatives, non-profits, food safety advocates working at state, county and local levels, and other interested individuals are invited to participate in the meeting and comment on the data and science that drive FSIS consumer education.

You may submit comments at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for submitting comments.

National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (September 24 - 25, 2020)

• Docket No. FSIS–2020–0027 | PDF
• Meeting Agenda
• Presentations
  • FSIS Best Practices Guidance for Controlling Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in Retail Delicatessens
  • Consideration of Mandatory Labeling Features for Certain Processed Not Ready to Eat Meat and Poultry Products
    • Retail Listeria monocytogenes (LM) Focus Group Findings
  • FSIS Testing of Boxed Beef Primal and Sub-Primal Products for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) (PDF)
  • Validation of Ready-to-eat (RTE) Shelf-Stable Multi-hurdle Lethality Treatments (PDF)
  • Speaker Biographies

Date: September 24, 2020
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm ET
Register to attend this Meeting

Date: September 25, 2020
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm ET
Register to attend this Meeting

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is hosting a virtual public meeting with the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI). FSIS will ask NACMPI to review and advise about the steps FSIS should take to better support the production of artisanal, shelf-stable, ready-to-eat (RTE) fermented, salt-cured, or dried products that rely on multiple hurdles for lethality. Second, FSIS will ask NACMPI to review and advise whether FSIS should continue not to sample or test boxed beef primal and sub-primal products for STEC, if they are intended for intact cuts.

You may submit comments at https://beta.regulations.gov/commenton/FSIS-2020-0027-0001.

USDA FSIS Virtual Public Meeting: Salmonella - State of the Science (September 22, 2020)

• Docket No. FSIS-2020-0025 | PDF
• Register to Attend the Meeting
• FSIS Roadmap to Reducing Salmonella
• Meeting Agenda (Final)
• Speaker Biographies
• Presentation
   

  Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2020
  Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm ET

  The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is hosting a virtual public meeting with participation from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). FSIS will discuss the Agency’s commitment to reducing Salmonella contamination associated with FSIS-regulated products and thus saving lives, by leading with science, building relationships, and influencing behavior change. Industry, interested individuals, organizations, and other stakeholders are invited to participate in the meeting and to comment on the data and science that drive FSIS Salmonella reduction efforts.

  Note: The public meeting has reached its capacity for oral comments. We have extended the public comment time to allow for as many participants as possible but the time slots are now full.  Interested parties can still submit written comments on or before October 16, 2020 at: http://www.regulations.gov .

  Note: The meeting will be recorded and the recording will be available on this web page as soon as possible after the meeting.