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LISTERIA PREVENTION

with instructions to verify that meat

of Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in

and poultry establishments are com-

Post-Lethality Exposed Ready-to-

include:

plying with the regulatory require-

Eat (RTE) Products").

-Verification of the establishment's com-

The key points of the revision

ments that are outlined in what's

While the revision does not con-

referred to as the "Listeria Rule"

tain major changes, processors should

-Verification that establishment's sam-

(Regulation 9 CFR 430.4, "Control

be aware of it to ensure compliance.

pling and testing programs meet the re-

pliance with the Listeria Rule

quirements of the Listeria Rule
-Collecting and submitting FSIS verification samples

We Help You Create That "TASTY LOOK"

-Enforcement actions in response to a
positive sample result
FSIS has revised this directive to
incorporate and clarify previously issued instructions for:

AFO Heat delivers innovative and proven

-Collecting samples under the RTEPROD sampling project
-Verifying that establishments hold or
control RTE products that FSIS has tested for pathogens, or that have passed over
direct food-contact surfaces that FSIS has

"Flame Broiled"
By using natural gas-ﬁred direct ﬂame
technology we can give your product
that "ﬂame-broiled look". A variable
air fuel mix burner system produces
extremely high efﬁciencies with
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tested for pathogens, pending the results
of FSIS testing.
-Collecting samples in establishments
that temporarily alter their routine
practices.
The revision also provides new in-

AFO GRILL "BBQ Seared"

structions for:

Combines a natural gas-ﬁred infrared
burner with classic convection heat to
create the perfect "BBQ-browned or
seared look". All of this is done while
achieving high-output capacity and
sensitivity to low operating costs with
simple sanitation.

-Submitting samples when interventions,
such as high-pressure processing (HPP),
are applied.
-Verifying that establishments meet
the requirements of the Listeria Rule
when performing inspection tasks under the Public Health Information Sys"Off the Grill"
"Hot Floating Marker Rings" roll over
your randomly shaped products to
create that "off-the-grill look". Grill
marks can be easily changed by
adjusting temperature and conveyor
belt product placement.

tem (PHIS).
-Taking action in response to a Listeria
spp. positive result in the product when an
establishment chooses to sample products
as well as food contact surfaces.

'Listeria Rule'
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Understanding the revised directive
L I C E N S E D

T O

G R I L L

involves understanding the basics of
the initial regulation, including what's

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called the "Listeria Rule". This rule
requires RTE processing establish-
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