Mike
Well-known member
I thought we weren't splitting carcasses over 30 months because of spinal cord contamination?
From the FSIS website:
Types of questions inspection program personnel may seek answers to while verifying that an establishment is properly executing its procedures to remove, segregate, and dispose of SRMs.
1. Is the establishment properly implementing its procedures to segregate animals 30 months of age and older?
NOTE: If the establishment identifies in its hazard analysis that all cattle will be considered 30 months of age and older, it is not necessary for the establishment to have evidence about the proof of the age of the cattle.
2. Is the establishment properly implementing its written procedures to remove, segregate, and dispose of SRMs?
3. Is the establishment cleaning and sanitizing equipment, (e.g., cleaning and sanitizing the splitting saw prior to use on cattle younger than 30 months if used after slaughtering cattle 30 months of age and older)?
4. Is the establishment maintaining daily records sufficient to document the implementation and monitoring of the procedures for the removal, segregation, and disposition of SRMs?
5. Is the establishment including documentation with the shipped products identifying them as from cattle 30 months and older? Has it considered this step in its hazard analysis? Does it have procedures to ensure that the SRMs are removed at the receiving establishment?
6. Is the establishment routinely evaluating the effectiveness of their procedures for the removal, segregation, and disposition of SRMs in preventing the use of these materials for human food?
7. If an establishment determines that its process failed to remove SRMs, inspection program personnel are to verify that the establishment implements corrective actions in accordance with 9 CFR 417.3(a) or (b) (under HACCP), 9 CFR 416.15 (under Sanitation SOPs). If the procedures are under a prerequisite program, inspection program personnel are to verify that the establishment reassesses the HACCP plan to determine whether the decisions made in the hazard analysis continue to support the use of the prerequisite program.
8. Is the establishment taking appropriate immediate and further planned action when it identifies that it failed to properly implement its procedures (e.g., recordkeeping).
/s/ Philip S. Derfler
From the FSIS website:
Types of questions inspection program personnel may seek answers to while verifying that an establishment is properly executing its procedures to remove, segregate, and dispose of SRMs.
1. Is the establishment properly implementing its procedures to segregate animals 30 months of age and older?
NOTE: If the establishment identifies in its hazard analysis that all cattle will be considered 30 months of age and older, it is not necessary for the establishment to have evidence about the proof of the age of the cattle.
2. Is the establishment properly implementing its written procedures to remove, segregate, and dispose of SRMs?
3. Is the establishment cleaning and sanitizing equipment, (e.g., cleaning and sanitizing the splitting saw prior to use on cattle younger than 30 months if used after slaughtering cattle 30 months of age and older)?
4. Is the establishment maintaining daily records sufficient to document the implementation and monitoring of the procedures for the removal, segregation, and disposition of SRMs?
5. Is the establishment including documentation with the shipped products identifying them as from cattle 30 months and older? Has it considered this step in its hazard analysis? Does it have procedures to ensure that the SRMs are removed at the receiving establishment?
6. Is the establishment routinely evaluating the effectiveness of their procedures for the removal, segregation, and disposition of SRMs in preventing the use of these materials for human food?
7. If an establishment determines that its process failed to remove SRMs, inspection program personnel are to verify that the establishment implements corrective actions in accordance with 9 CFR 417.3(a) or (b) (under HACCP), 9 CFR 416.15 (under Sanitation SOPs). If the procedures are under a prerequisite program, inspection program personnel are to verify that the establishment reassesses the HACCP plan to determine whether the decisions made in the hazard analysis continue to support the use of the prerequisite program.
8. Is the establishment taking appropriate immediate and further planned action when it identifies that it failed to properly implement its procedures (e.g., recordkeeping).
/s/ Philip S. Derfler
