On Aug. 13, 2014, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued Notice 39-14 titled: “Clarification and Expansion of Sampling Eligibility Criteria for the Routine Beef Manufacturing Trimmings (MT60) and Bench Trim (MT55) Sampling Programs” (http://bit.ly/DJ0914). This notice rescinds Notice 81-13 to provide clarification on what raw beef products should be sampled as beef manufacturing trimmings under sampling project MT60 and what raw beef products should be sampled as bench trim under MT55.
In determining the products FSIS will sample under each program, the establishment should first determine whether a per serule applies. If not, FSIS sets out a two-part criteria to determine the appropriate sampling project.