The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) has released a notice informing agency inspection program personnel (IPP) about the continuation of and changes to the Raw Pork Products Sampling Program.
Changes include reducing the total number of sampling tasks assigned to establishments, clarifying the description of primal and subprimal cuts and finished products, describing that IPP are to verify the intended use of raw pork products in the Public Health Information System (PHIS), and clarifying instructions to IPP when the total weight of cut products is greater than 2 pounds (lbs).