WASHINGTON—USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a notice advising inspection program personnel that, under some circumstances, raw meat and poultry products are not subject to Salmonella testing as previously outlined in Federal Register Notice, 73 FR 4767.
According to the agency’s most recent notice, establishments that process “all its products into ready-to-eat (RTE) product or moves all its raw products for further processing into RTE product at another federally inspected establishment” are excluded from the Salmonella verification testing program schedule.