Canada Publishes Guidance for Verifying Salmonella, Campylobacter Control Measures in Poultry Production
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has published a guidance document for the Pathogen Reduction Monitoring Program (PRMP) for Salmonella and Campylobacter in raw poultry, to which Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) license holders who are both slaughtering poultry and producing chicken parts are expected to begin implementing by April 1, 2023. PRMP results will support CIFA in developing Canadian food safety performance standards.
SFC license holders must identify and analyze the biological, chemical, and physical contamination hazards in their food operations, and prevent, eliminate, or reduce to an acceptable level the hazards identified by using control measures that are shown by evidence to be effective. PRMP provides a means to verify that overall control measures are effective in reducing Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination in raw poultry and poultry products to maximum pathogen limits described by CIFA.