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During the Thursday morning Town Hall at the 2022 Food Safety Summit, top food safety regulators from FDA, USDA, CDC, and AFDO discussed initiatives and advances in food traceability, food safety policy, recalls, pathogen monitoring, food safety culture, and a number of other timely areas. 

During a Tuesday afternoon workshop of the 2022 Food Safety Summit, regulators and the regulated industry shared suggestions for how to better communicate together and meet regulated requirements while maintaining a sensible level of operational necessity.

The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released a revised self-reporting tool (SRT) that determines the foreign equivalence eligibility of nations exporting meat, poultry, and egg products to the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) launched a new webpage with resources and information to combat Salmonella in poultry.

USDA-FSIS and FDA have started to share information on whole genome sequencing. Also, FSIS and CDC are working to enhance data sharing on critically important public health activities.

The National Chicken Council wishes to update its 2016 petition regarding not-ready-to-eat stuffed chicken products that may appear ready-to-eat.

The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is seeking stakeholder consultation for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) Harmonized GAP Plus+ version 3.0.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is asking for comments on proposed pathogen reduction performance standards for Salmonella in pork, and is also requesting proposals for a cooperative agreement to study Salmonella risk in chicken and turkey.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has noted the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock, the first confirmed case in the U.S. since 2020. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced its final Strategic Framework plan, outlining how the agency will advance surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging zoonotic diseases.