FSIS Food Safety Flashcards
What does FSIS stand for?
Food safety and inspection service
What is FSIS’ mission?
The Food Safety and Inspection Service protects consumers by ensuring that meat, poultry, and egg products are safe, wholesome, and accurately labeled
What does FSIS have jurisdiction over?
all meat, poultry, and egg products for public consumption (import and export)
What is the exception to FSIS’ jurisdiction?
Custom slaughter and religious exemption
How many poultry carcasses does FSIS inspect per year?
over 9 billion
How many swine carcasses does FSIS inspect per year?
over 100 million
How many cattle carcasses does FSIS inspect per year?
over 35 million
How many egg products does FSIS inspect per year?
3.5 billion pounds
What did the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 mandate?
mandatory AM and PM inspection of livestock
What was the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 under the jurisdiction of?
Bureau of Animal Industry
What was the Food and Drug Act of 1906 under the jurisdiction of?
Bureau of Chemistry
Why is ante mortem inspection important?
To prevent ill animals from entering the food chain
To detect conditions/disease not identifiable on postmortem examination
What is the BSE ante mortem policy?
Slaughter of non-ambulator disabled cattle prohibited
All clinical signs of CNS disease must be US condemned
Collect samples for BSE testing on ante mortem inspection
Under FSIS standards, every carcass must receive _____ _______.
Postmortem inspection
What is postmortem inspection divided into?
head, viscera, and carcass inspection
What are the beef inspection procedures of the head?
- Examine head surfaces
- Slice and observe the lymph nodes
- Slice and observe the masseters
- Palpate the tongue
What are the beef inspection procedures of the viscera?
- observe viscera
- incise lung nodes, heart, and bile duct; observe
- observe and palpate liver
- observe and palpate mesenteric lymph nodes
- observe intestines and spleen
What should be observed in postmortem inspection of beef?
Thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity, and pelvic cavity, outer surfaces
Palpate kidneys and diaphragm
What does residue sampling test for?
Drugs, pesticides, heavy metals
What specific food safety hazards (bacteria) are found in processed foods?
Listeria monocytogenes
Salmonella
E. coli
Campylobacter
What products is Listeria monocytogenes found in?
hotdogs, deli meats, salads, and meat spreads
What bacteria is responsible for the most reported foodborne illness?
Salmonella
What products is E. coli, that FSIS would inspect, found in?
non-intact beef, beef trimmings, and ground beef
What do CSO/Enforcement Investigation and Analysis Officers do?
Conduct food safety assessments, enforcement activities, recall investigations, investigate consumer complaints
What is FSIS alerted to potential recall by?
- Producing firm
- In-plant inspection personnel
- Consumer complaints
- Lab or epidemiologic data
What is Class I of recall classification?
Reasonable probability use of product will cause serious adverse health consequence or death
What is Class 2 of recall classification?
Remote probability of adverse health consequence due to use
What is class 3 of recall classification?
will not cause adverse health consequence
