Source: Michael Fielding, MEATINGPLACE, 9/10/13

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on Monday reissued Directive 8080.1, “Recall of Meat and Poultry Products,” replacing the nearly three-year-old revision that was issued in October 2010.

The new revision incorporates new regulations that address the following:
•      Official establishments are required to notify their local FSIS District Office (DO) personnel within 24 hours when they learn or determine that adulterated or misbranded product has entered commerce.
•      If an official establishment notifies FSIS personnel other than the DO that adulterated or misbranded product has entered commerce, those personnel are to contact the DO “promptly,” through supervisory channels. They are also to notify the establishment that it is still required to contact the DO directly.

Following the initiation of a recall, FSIS verification activities should begin as soon as possible within a period of three days for Class I recalls; five days for Class II recalls; and 10 days for Class III recalls.

To read the revised directive in its entirety, click here.