# Presentation: 209534

## HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project: Baseline Results for Young Chickens 

- HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project: Baseline Results for Young Chickens

**Prepared for**	US Department of AgricultureFood Safety and Inspection     Service
- 	March 30, 2000
**Prepared by** 	RTI Project Team

**	****Research Triangle Institute****P.O. Box 12194  · 3040 Cornwallis Road****Research Triangle Park, NC  27709**

## Overview	

- Organoleptic data collection procedures
- Baseline organoleptic results
- Ante-mortem
- Passed
- Condemned
- Microbial data collection procedures
- Baseline microbial results
*Salmonella*
- Generic *E. coli*

## Baseline Young Chicken Plants (16 Plants)

## Baseline Organoleptic Data Collection — Young Chickens 

**Send Completed Forms to RTI ****for Analysis**

- Baseline Organoleptic Data Collection — Young Chickens

**Conduct Organoleptic Data Collection**
***Ante-mortem***
- Conduct interview once a day for 5 weeks
***Passed***
- Examine 80 carcasses a day for 5 weeks (2,000 carcasses per plant)
- Select carcasses after the final wash but before the chiller
***Condemned***
- Examine 10 carcasses from condemned barrel 8 times a day for 5 weeks (2,000 carcasses per plant)

## Baseline Organoleptic Results for Ante-Mortem — Young Chickens (16 plants)

- Sample days*	380
- Ante-mortem activities performed at time of interview 	68.2%(% of sample days)
***For Days When Ante-mortem Activities Performed******	***
- 	Mean number of times ante-mortem activities 	1.3performed by FSIS inspector per day
- 	Any lot inspected on ante-mortem found	 0.8%unsuitable for food by FSIS inspector (% of sample days)
- 	Records made of ante-mortem activities	 27.0%(% of sample days)
-     * Number of sample days is less than number of days of data collection (n=399) because on some days, the VMO was not available for the ante-mortem interview.

## Baseline Organoleptic Results for Passed Sample — Young Chickens (16 plants)

- (32,075 carcasses)

- 1.0%

- Note:  Although some carcasses had multiple conditions, we assigned each carcass to one category so the percentages would sum to 100%.  Food safety diseases were the overriding condition.

- 98.9%

- Food safety — diseases
- Food safety — zero tolerance for fecal contamination
- No food safety conditions (includes some carcasses with OCP conditions)

- 0.1%

## Description of OCP Localized Conditions — Young Chickens (I)

## Description of OCP Localized Conditions — Young Chickens (II)

## Baseline Organoleptic Results for Passed Sample, OCP Localized Conditions* — Young Chickens (16 plants) (I)

## Baseline Organoleptic Results for Passed Sample, OCP Localized Conditions* — Young Chickens (16 plants) (II)

## Baseline Organoleptic Results for Condemned Sample — Young Chickens (16 plants)

- Baseline Organoleptic Results for Condemned Sample — Young Chickens (16 plants)

- (33,436 carcasses)

- 50%

- 38%

- No abnormal conditions
- Localized conditions
- Generalized conditions

- 12%

## Baseline Microbial Data Collection — Young Chickens 

**FSIS Sampling Protocols**

**Send Samples to Silliker Laboratories for Analysis**

**Test Results Sent to RTI**

**Collect Samples at Plant**
- Single whole-bird rinse to collect samples for both generic *E-coli* and *Salmonella*
- Sample 50 carcasses a week for 6 weeks
- Collect samples after carcass chilling
- 600 analyses per plant
*Salmonella* (300)
- Generic *E-coli* (300)

## Baseline Microbial Results for Salmonella — Young Chickens (16 plants)

## Baseline Microbial Results for Generic E. Coli — Young Chickens (16 plants)