HACCPBased Inspection Models Project:

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HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project

FSIS Results of Models Verification
Testing June 5, 2002 Dr. Columb Rigney United
States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and
Inspection Service Office of Public Health and
Science
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Number Name
Location P 165H OK Foods Inc.
Heavener, OK P 165S OK Foods
Inc. Ft. Smith, AR P
177 ConAgra Poultry Companies Gainesville,
GA P 192 Gold Kist Inc.
Guntersville, AL P 206 Pilgrims Pride
Corporation Nacogdoches, TX P
290 Townsends Inc. Siler City, NC P
341 Golden Rod Broilers Inc. Cullman,
AL P 468 Townsends of Arkansas Inc.
Batesville, AR P 517 Marshall Durbin Poultry
Co. Hattiesburg, MS P 548 Cagles
Inc. Collinsville, AL
The 20 Young Chicken Establishments comprising
FSIS Organoleptic Verification and
Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Microbial Data
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Number Name
Location P 584 Pilgrims Pride
Corporation Mount Pleasant, TX P
687 Columbia Farms Inc. West Columbia, SC
P 727 Simmons Foods Inc. Southwest
City, MO P 758 Choctaw Foods Inc.
Carthage, MS P 810 Pilgrims Pride Inc.
Moorefield, WV P 1249 Georges Chicken LLC
Edinburg, VA P 1307 Marshall Durbin
Co. Inc. Jasper, AL P 6505 Norman W.
Fries Inc. Claxton, GA P 7987 Amick
Processing Inc. Batesburg, SC P
20245 Cagles Keystone Foods LLC Albany,
KY
The 20 Young Chicken Establishments comprising
FSIS Organoleptic Verification and
Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Microbial Data
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HACCP-Based Inspection Models
Project FSIS Results of Organoleptic
Verification Testing
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• Performed on randomly selected carcasses from
  all production lines
• Performed by FSIS Verification Inspectors
• Performed as two - 10 bird tests per line per
  shift
• Performed at a minimum frequency of 50 scheduled
  tests per shift
• Performed independently of unscheduled tests
  conducted at
• the discretion of the IIC/SVMO

FSIS Organoleptic Verification Testing Other
Consumer Protection
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OCP-1 Condition - Animal Diseases
airsacculitis, arthritis, ascites,

avian leukosis complex, avian

tuberculosis,
cadaver,

carcinoma, enteritis, erysipelas,
generalized inflammatory process,

nephritis,
osteomyelitis,

pericarditis, sarcoma, salpingitis,


and tenosynovitis OCP-2 Condition -
Miscellaneous breast blister,
bruises, external
mutilation, fractures, localized
inflammatory process,

overscald, and
sores/scabs
Other Consumer Protection (OCP)
Performance Standard Categories
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Other Consumer Protection (OCP)
Performance Standard Categories
OCP-3 Contamination - Digestive Content
ingesta OCP-4 Dressing Defects -
Other bile, extraneous material,
feathers, lung, oil gland, and
trachea OCP-5 Dressing Defects -
Digestive Tract Tissue bursa of fabricius,
cloaca, crop, esophagus, and intestine
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FSIS Models Results from Verification Testing
OCP-1 Condition - Animal Diseases
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FSIS Models Results from Verification Testing
OCP-2 Condition - Miscellaneous
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FSIS Models Results from Verification Testing
OCP-3 Contamination - Ingesta
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FSIS Models Results from Verification Testing
OCP-4 Dressing Defects - Other
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FSIS Models Results from Verification Testing
OCP-5 Dressing Defects - Digestive Tract Tissue

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• Performed on randomly selected carcasses from
  all production lines
• Performed by FSIS Verification Inspectors
• Performed as eight-10 bird tests per line per
  shift
• Performed independently of unscheduled tests
  conducted at the
• discretion of IIC/SVMO

FSIS Organoleptic Verification Testing Food
Safety
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FS-1 Condition - Infectious
septicemia, toxemia FS-2
Contamination - Digestive Content fecal
material
Food Safety (FS) Performance Standard Categories
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FSIS Models Results from Verification
Testing FS-1 Condition - Infectious
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FSIS Models Results from Verification
Testing FS-2 Contamination - Fecal Material
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HACCP-Based Inspection Models
Project FSIS Results of Pathogen
Reduction/HACCP Microbial Verification
Testing
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• Performed on randomly selected carcasses
• Performed by FSIS personnel
• Performed as a whole bird rinse
• Performed as a sample set of 51 carcasses
• Performed similarly in traditional and models
  establishments

FSIS PR/HACCP Microbial Verification Testing
Young Chickens (Broilers) -Salmonella
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FSIS PR/HACCP Verification Data Salmonella -
Traditional Systems
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FSIS PR/HACCP Verification Data Salmonella -
HIMP System
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FSIS PR/HACCP Verification Data Salmonella
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FSIS PR/HACCP Verification Data Salmonella
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FSIS PR/HACCP Microbial Verification Testing
Summary Young Chickens (Broilers)
Salmonella Verification Testing - Performance
Standard 20.0 2001 National Verification
Average (All Establishments - A Sets) 11.9


Salmonella Prevalence - 20 Establishments -
Traditional 7.6 Salmonella Prevalence - 20
Establishments - HIMP 8.0

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FSIS PR/HACCP Microbial Verification Testing
Summary Young Chickens (Broilers)

• 9 of 20 establishments exhibited a lower
  Salmonella prevalence () in
• traditional systems.
• 9 of 20 exhibited a lower Salmonella prevalence
  () in models
• (HIMP).
• 1 of 20 establishments exhibited no change in
  Salmonella prevalence
• () between traditional and models (HIMP).
• 1 of 20 establishments had too few microbial
  tests completed in
• traditional to be comparable to testing in
  models (HIMP).

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FSIS PR/HACCP Microbial Verification Testing
Summary Young Chickens (Broilers)
Completed Sample Sets
Passed Failed 20 Establishments -
Traditional Systems 45 2 20
Establishments - HIMP System 22
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