WASHINGTON—The FDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released a revised notice that provides further information for scheduling a “for cause” Food Safety Assessment (FSA) performed with Intensified Verification Testing (IVT).
The notice clarifies that an IVT FSA will be performed in response to positive food contact surface and product tests from routine Risk Based Listeria monocytogenes (RLm) testing. In addition, it provides instructions for performing an IVT and “for cause” FSA in response to a ready-to-eat (RTE) product positive for Salmonella.