# FSIS Directives

- 2024 Year-End Closing Instructions PURPOSE This notice provides instructions to Program Offices for the preparation and submission of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 financial transactions, as well as instructions for the preparation for the new
- Task Distributor Updates in the Public Health Information System NOTE: DO NOT IMPLEMENT THIS NOTICE UNTIL APRIL 10, 2024 PURPOSE This notice provides instructions for how inspection program personnel (IPP) are to manage inspection tasks in the Public Health
- Availability of FSIS Guideline for Retained Water PURPOSE This notice provides instructions for inspection program personnel (IPP) to notify meat and poultry establishments that an updated guideline for retained water is now available. This guideline provides formulas
- Voluntary Labeling of FSIS-Regulated Products with U.S.-Origin Claims PURPOSE This notice informs inspection program personnel (IPP) that FSIS is amending its regulations to define the conditions under which the labeling of meat, poultry, and egg products under mandatory
- Additional Sampling Instructions and Testing for Chicken Carcasses, Chicken Parts, and NRTE Comminuted Poultry PURPOSE This notice is a re-issuance of instructions from FSIS Notice 08-23, New Sampling Instructions and Testing for Chicken Parts and NRTE Comminuted Poultry. It informs inspection program personnel (IPP)
- Discontinuance of the Emergency Backup Dependent Care Program PURPOSE This notice cancels FSIS Notice 50-23, Emergency Backup Dependent Care Program Eligibility and Visit. FSIS has discontinued the Emergency Backup Dependent Care (EBDC) Program, administered by Federal Occupational Health
- Intermittent Cecal Sampling of Lamb and Sheep for the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System DO NOT IMPLEMENT THIS NOTICE UNTIL FEBRUARY 1, 2024. PURPOSE This notice informs veterinary medical officers (VMO) and supervisory consumer safety inspectors (SCSI) of the continuation of the intermittent sampling
- Night Differential PURPOSE This notice provides instructions regarding night differential entitlements in accordance with 5 CFR 550.121. ENTITLEMENT Employees who are regularly scheduled to perform work between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m
- 2024 Mileage Reimbursement Rates The General Services Agency (GSA) has released new rates for reimbursement of Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) mileage for 2024. The rate table below shows the new rates that have been
- Fiscal Year 2024 – Student Loan Repayment Program for In-Plant Veterinary Medical Officers– Application Timeframe PURPOSE FSIS Directive 4410.5, Student Loan Repayment Program for In-Plant Veterinary Medical Officers provided information and instructions for the Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) for eligible Veterinary Medical Officers (VMOs)
- Cancellation of FSIS Directives &lt;p&gt;As part of the review of all FSIS directives, the Office of Policy and Program Development has identified the following obsolete directives for cancellation, and they will be removed from&lt;/p&gt;
- Eligibility of Paraguay to Export Raw Intact Beef Products to the United States PURPOSE This notice provides instructions to inspection program personnel (IPP) at official import inspection establishments that raw intact beef products are eligible to be imported from Paraguay. The accompanying foreign
- Notification of Enrollment: Federal Bureau of Investigation's Next Generation Identification Record of Arrest and Prosecution Background Program PURPOSE This notice informs all employees and contractors of their enrollment in the Federal Bureau of Investigation&#039;s (FBI&#039;s) Next Generation Identification (NGI) record of arrest and prosecution (RAP) Background (Back)
- Mandatory Equal Employment Opportunity and Civil Rights Training for All FSIS Employees PURPOSE This notice announces mandatory Equal Employment Opportunity and Civil Rights (EEO/CR) training that all FSIS employees are to complete no later than August 30, 2024. BACKGROUND On an annual
- Fiscal Year 2024 - Continuing Education Program for Public Health Veterinarians and Veterinary Medical Officers PURPOSE This notice announces the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) FSIS Continuing Education Program (CEP) for Public Health Veterinarians (PHVs) and Veterinary Medical Officers (VMOs) in FSIS. Veterinarians in all positions
- Federal Benefits 2023 Open Season PURPOSE This notice announces the Federal Benefits 2023 Open Season (2023 Open Season) from November 13, 2023 through December 11, 2023. This open season is for changes impacting calendar year
- Cutoff Dates for Fiscal Year 2024 Purchases PURPOSE This notice establishes Fiscal Year 2024 cut-off dates for processing procurement requests, interagency agreements (IAAs), and cooperative agreements (CAs). These cut-off dates ensure that the Agency can obligate its
- Performance Management Instructions for Fiscal Year 2024 PURPOSE This notice provides instructions to all FSIS Rating Officials in fulfilling their Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 performance management (PM) requirements. This notice addresses establishing performance plans, quarterly conversations, performance
- Responsibilities of Federal Employees Regarding Drug Use PURPOSE This FSIS notice reminds all FSIS employees that, as Federal employees, they are required to follow all Federal laws regarding the use of illegal drugs, including cannabis, also commonly
- Family Member Eligibility For Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program Coverage PURPOSE This notice provides all FSIS employees instructions regarding the Office of Personnel Management&#039;s (OPM&#039;s) new requirement that Federal employees review and ensure that family members on their Federal Employees