HACCP guidance and resources for smaller and very small poultry and meat establishments

(a) Poultry establishments The Poultry Products Inspection Act is amended by inserting after section 14 (21 U.S.C. 463) the following: 14A. Smaller and very small establishment guidance and resources (a) Definitions In this section: (1) The term covered establishment means— (A) a smaller establishment; and (B) a very small establishment. (2) The terms smaller establishment and very small establishment have the meanings given those terms in the final rule entitled ‘Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems’ and published in the Federal Register by the Department of Agriculture on July 25, 1996 (61 Fed. Reg. 38806 et seq.). (b) Database of studies; model plans Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall— (1) establish a free, searchable database of approved peer-reviewed validation studies accessible to covered establishments subject to inspection under this Act for use in developing a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plan; and (2) publish online scale-appropriate model Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plans for covered establishments, including model plans for— (A) slaughter-only establishments; (B) processing-only establishments; and (C) slaughter and processing establishments. (c) Guidance Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish a guidance document, after notice and an opportunity for public comment, providing information on the requirements that need to be met for covered establishments to receive approval for a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plan pursuant to this Act. (d) Data confidentiality In carrying out subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall not publish confidential business information, including a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plan of an establishment.. (b) Meat establishments The Federal Meat Inspection Act is amended by inserting after section 25 (21 U.S.C. 625) the following: 26. Smaller and very small establishment guidance and resources (a) Definitions In this section: (1) The term covered establishment means— (A) a smaller establishment; and (B) a very small establishment. (2) The terms smaller establishment and very small establishment have the meanings given those terms in the final rule entitled ‘Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems’ and published in the Federal Register by the Department of Agriculture on July 25, 1996 (61 Fed. Reg. 38806 et seq.). (b) Database of studies; model plans Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall— (1) establish a free, searchable database of approved peer-reviewed validation studies accessible to covered establishments subject to inspection under this Act for use in developing a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plan; and (2) publish online scale-appropriate model Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plans for covered establishments, including model plans for— (A) slaughter-only establishments; (B) processing-only establishments; and (C) slaughter and processing establishments. (c) Guidance Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish a guidance document, after notice and an opportunity for public comment, providing information on the requirements that need to be met for covered establishments to receive approval for a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plan pursuant to this Act. (d) Data confidentiality In carrying out subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall not publish confidential business information, including a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plan of an establishment..