FSIS Issues Three <I>Listeria</I> Directives

FSIS Directive 10,240.4 Rev 2 - 'Verification Procedures for Consumer Safety Inspectors for the Listeria monocytogenes Regulation and Introduction of Phase 2 of the LM Risk-based Verification Testing Program' provides directions to Consumer Safety Inspectors (CSIs) on submitting ready-to-eat (RTE) product samples to a laboratory.

FSIS Directive 10,240.5 Rev 2 - 'Enforcement, Investigations, and Analysis Officer (EIAO) Assessment of Compliance with the Listeria monocytogenes (LM) Regulation and Introduction of Phase 2 of the LM Risk-based Verification Testing Program' provides instructions to Enforcement, Investigations and Analysis Officers (EIAOs) for collecting samples under the Routine Risk-based Lm (RLm) Sampling Program.

FSIS Directive 10,300.1 - 'Intensified Verification Testing (IVT) Protocol for Sampling of Product, Food Contact Surfaces and Environmental Surfaces for Listeria Monocytogenes' provides instructions to EIAOs on collecting product, food contact surface and environmental (non-food contact surface) samples using the Intensified Verification Testing (IVT) Methodology.