Profile Updates in Domestic Establishments That Produce Raw Chicken and Turkey Products

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

WASHINGTON, DC

FSIS NOTICE	04-21 1/8/21

PROFILE UPDATES IN DOMESTIC ESTABLISHMENTS THAT PRODUCE

RAW CHICKEN AND TURKEY PRODUCTS

I. PURPOSE

This notice instructs inspection program personnel (IPP) in domestic chicken and turkey establishments to update the Public Health Information System (PHIS) establishment profile product groups. FSIS has added a "Quarters and Halves" product group and a "Liver" product group to improve sampling efficiency. In addition, this notice instructs IPP to ensure obsolete product groups are not used in the establishment profile because these product groups will be made inactive 30 days after issuance of this notice.

II. BACKGROUND

1. In 2015, FSIS created the "Other poultry products (including feet, necks, and giblets)" product group for all poultry parts that were not legs, breasts, and wings. Eligible products in this product group included quarters, halves, necks, hearts, gizzards, livers, and feet. In 2016, FSIS began exploratory sampling for quarters and halves (sampling code: EXP_CPT_QH01) and for necks, hearts, gizzards, and livers (sampling code: EXP_CPT_OT01). However, since sampling tasks are assigned according to the product group, FSIS could not effectively determine which establishments produced eligible product for these separate sampling codes. Therefore, IPP received EXP_CPT_OT01 and EXP_CPT_QH01 sampling tasks based on this product group at establishments that did not produce eligible product. While FSIS has stopped sampling necks, hearts, gizzards, and livers (FSIS Notice42-20), sampling quarters and halves will continue. Therefore, FSIS is creating a separate product group for quarters and halves to improve sampling task assignment efficiency.
2. Chicken livers continue to be associated with foodborne outbreaks, and scientific research indicates that Campylobacter and possibly Salmonella can harbor inside the liver, thus potentially reducing the efficacy of interventions. FSIS will use the "Liver" product group in the establishment profile to identify establishments producing livers and determine national production. Additionally, FSIS will conduct surveys with establishments producing chicken livers to better understand production practices and antimicrobial usage.
3. The following obsolete product groups will be inactivated and will no longer appear to IPP on the establishment profile selection menu 30 days after publication of this notice:
4. 1. "Poultry parts (including necks/feet and giblets)" for chickens and turkeys;
   2. "Further processed poultry parts (Boneless and/or Skinless Parts)" for chickens;
   3. "Boneless and/or Skinless Parts" for turkeys; and
   4. "Other Non-Intact" for chicken and turkeys.

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