The HACCP-based inspection models project (A New Public Health Approach in the U.S. Slaughter Industry)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's landmark 1996 rule, the "Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Systems (PR/HACCP)" final rule forms the cornerstone for the U.S. food safety strategy for meat and poultry products. However, the PR/HACCP rule did not extend HACCP concepts to slaughter. A new approach to food safety, the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project (HIMP), was initiated. The new system enables establishments to fully integrate their production processes. Estab lishment employees conduct sorting activities based on initial anatomical and pathological examination of carcasses, followed by government inspection of each carcass and verification of the establishment HACCP and slaughter process controls. The U.S. Department of Agriculture contracted with an independent private corporation to measure the organoleptic and microbiologic accomplishments of the traditional inspection system in young chickens, market hogs, and young turkeys. The Department developed new science based organoleptic performance standards from this data collection. Establishments in the HIMP initiative were provided flexibility in how best to meet those performance standards. Data collected in the project to date, by both the independent contractor and in-plant inspectors, show important improvements in both food safety and non-food safety conditions. The Department intends to propose the appropriate regulatory changes that adopt the new inspection system.
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| Format: | Meeting biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/AB422E http://www.fao.org/3/a-ab422e.pdf |
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