FSIS Details Inspection Responsibilities for Pre-Stamping by Inspection Establishments
The Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a directive, effective May 29, 2012, that provides instructions to import inspection personnel (IIP) on how they are to verify that the requirements and associated procedures for the pre-stamping of imported meat and…
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poultry products by official import inspection establishments are met. FSIS said this directive cancels FSIS Directive 9500.4 “Pre-stamping of Imported Product” dated 06/24/2009. The directive said, among other things, that the pre-stamping procedure needs to identify how the controlled stamping of product will be accomplished, and includes directions on updating the establishment profile in the Public Health Information System (PHIS), verification instructions, and consequences for noncompliance by official import inspection establishments.