Source: USDA'S FSIS, 1/17/20

FSIS has posted to the agency’s website its fiscal year (FY) 2020 Annual Plan, the fourth annual plan aligned with FSIS’ 2017-2021 Strategic Plan. The annual plan details the ways the agency will achieve its strategic goals over the next fiscal year.

In keeping with FSIS’ efforts to modernize inspection systems, business practices, and policies, much of the agency’s work for FY 2020 builds upon data collection and program evaluations completed during FY 2018 and FY 2019. FSIS will implement science-based recommendations from program evaluations to drive sampling programs for microbiological and chemical hazards, ensure robust systems to verify humane handling, and improve how agency directives and notices are delivered to field personnel. FSIS will also capitalize on two years of consumer research studies to deliver targeted food safety messages aimed at addressing the most common unsafe food handling practices and preventing foodborne illness. The agency will continue this systematic, data-driven approach to evaluation and modernization in FY 2020 as we take a closer look at foreign material and undeclared allergen recalls.

The FY 2020 Annual Plan is available at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/222f19ff-a1f5-42ed-8704-bfa23f00bcb2/annual-plan-fy2020.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&useDefaultText=0&useDefaultDesc=0