The guidance provides recommendations on how egg producers, who allow hens access to areas outside the poultry house, can meet requirements to prevent S. Enteritidis from contaminating shell eggs on the farm. A significant change from the draft guidance issued in July 2013 is that FDA is designating a porch as an area outside the poultry house rather than part of the poultry house. FDA made the change in response to comments submitted to the draft guidance.