What does FSIS stands for? It stands for Food Safety And Inspection Service. FSIS is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged.
FSIS provides information for the people under fact sheets to allow them to know the actual preparation of meat and poultry. For example, Poultry Cooking Temperatures- FSIS is in the process of updating all the pages on its Web site to reflect new cooking recommendations for poultry. For safety, when cooking poultry, use a food thermometer to check the internal temperature. Poultry should reach a safe minimum internal temperature of 165 °F throughout the product. It gives other information like food labeling, safe food handling and more. Food labeling – FSIS provides information on the requirements and their terms which will allow the dealer to label their product appropriately.
It also gives information on the microbes and its foodborne illnesses. It provides Q and A for readers to allow them to know more about the microbes and its foodborne illness.
FSIS website also provides information on what should be done if there are problems in food, like the things to be included when calling to inform the authorities. Different authorities take charge in different things. For example, for help with non-meat food products can contact FDA.FSIS immediately reacts to any reported information of possible adulterated or misbranded meat, poultry, or egg products that are in distribution to remove them from commerce. However, such information may only become available after product reaches the consumer, and this may affect the amount of product recovered. It monitors recalls of meat and poultry products produced by Federally-inspected establishments.
There are regulations and policies stated. FSIS operates under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) , the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in addition to Executive Orders, small business protection laws and other guidance applicable to all Federal agencies.
- Federal Meat Inspection Act Under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), FSIS provides inspection for all meat products sold in interstate commerce, and reinspects imported products to ensure that they meet U.S. food safety standards.
- Poultry Products Inspection Act Under the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA), FSIS provides inspection for all poultry products sold in interstate commerce, and reinspects imported products to ensure that they meet U.S. food safety standards.
- Egg Products Inspection Act Under the Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA), FSIS inspects egg products sold in interstate commerce, and reinspects imported products to ensure that they meet U.S. food safety standards. In egg processing plants, inspection involves examining, before and after breaking, eggs intended for further processing and use as food.
- Executive Orders, Small Business Protection Laws, & Other Regulatory Guidance Summary of laws and executive orders governing the rulemaking process.
information from :
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/home/index.asp
