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Semi-Annual FOIA Request Closures 

Closed between 04/03/2023 and 

09/29/2023 

Request ID Received Date Request Description Closed Date 

Action Office: FSIS 

2020-FSIS-00210-F 2/25/2020 A copy of records regarding communications between FSIS 

Agency Officials and Consumer and Industry 

representatives, from January 1, 2015 

to February 25, 2020. 

4/25/2023 

2020-FSIS-00272-F 4/20/2020 A copy of records regarding personal protective equipment 

and the number of FSIS inspection personnel who have 

contracted and/or passed away from COVID-19, from March 

13, 2020 to April 20, 2020. 

9/22/2023 

2020-FSIS-00312-F 4/28/2020 A copy of any records related to communications between 

USDA FSIS, OSHA, and/or CDC pertaining to safety and 

oversight of workers at meat packing plants due to 

concerns regarding COVID-19 infections. 

6/29/2023 

2021-FSIS-00005-F 10/5/2020 A copy of emails regarding Common Wealth Poultry, from 

April 1, 2019 to December 30, 

2019. 

9/14/2023 

2021-FSIS-00059-F 4/14/2023 A copy of records relating to a waiver of line 

speed limits at Clemens Food Group, (Est. M791C), 

Coldwater, Michigan. 

4/14/2023 

2021-FSIS-00103-F 12/14/2020 A copy of records regarding chicken establishments, from 

January 1, 2015 to 

December 14, 2020. 

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2021-FSIS-00106-F 12/18/2020 A copy of records regarding all previously released 

documents related to Tyson from 2008 to September 30, 

2020. 

5/19/2023 

2021-FSIS-00146-F 1/11/2021 A copy of all records related to the decision to issue a beef 

slaughter line speed waiver to M- 278, Tyson Fresh Meats, 

Inc., including but not limited to Tyson's application for the 

waiver and FSIS's approval of the application. 

5/19/2023 

2021-FSIS-00159-F 4/14/2023 A copy of all records related to the USDA's decision to deny 

the petition for rulemaking to ban the slaughter of nonambulatory disabled pigs. 

4/14/2023 

2021-FSIS-00191-F 2/17/2021 A copy of records regarding proposed increase in maximum 

poultry evisceration line speeds including worker injury 

rates or the spread of communicable illnesses in processing 

facilities, from March 1, 2020 to January 25, 2021. 

9/29/2023 

2021-FSIS-00192-F 2/17/2021 A copy of records regarding all emails sent by former and 

current USDA officials and FSIS Administrator, Paul Kiecker 

containing key terms pertaining to proposed increase in 

poultry evisceration line speeds, including whether or to 

what extent external actors attempted to exert influence 

over the rulemaking process, from August 1, 2020 to 

January 20, 2021. 

5/1/2023 

2021-FSIS-00201-F 2/24/2021 A copy of records regarding emails sent by Paul Kiecker, 

FSIS Administrator and Philip Bronstein, FSIS Assistant 

Administrator for the Office of Field Operations to the 

external entities using the email domains listed in request 

regarding the potential to shed light on the federal 

government’s response to the resurgence of the 

coronavirus in the fall of 2020, from August 1, 2020 to 

January 20, 2021. 

5/12/2023 

2021-FSIS-00220-F 3/5/2021 A copy of records regarding New Market Poultry, New 

Market, Virginia, pertaining to internal correspondence from 

February 11, 2021 to March 5, 2021. 

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2021-FSIS-00284-F 4/13/2021 A copy of records regarding enforcement case files 

pertaining to (11) establishments: Perdue, Georgetown, DE 

(P2178); Perdue, Rockingham, NC (P1243); Perdue, 

Cromwell, KY (P19112); Koch Foods, Gainesville, Georgia 

(P9181); Koch Foods, Cumming, Georgia (P19378); James 

River Corrections Center, Virginia (M31843+P31843); 

Lincoln Premium Poultry, Nebraska (P48304); Sysco 

Western Minnesota, Minnesota (M8983+P8983); Gold Creek 

Processing, Georgia (M27505+P27505); Gold Creek 

Processing, Georgia (M27505A+P27505A); and Detroit 

Sausage, Michigan (M10266+P10266), from January 1, 

2017 to April 13, 2021. 

9/1/2023 

2021-FSIS-00285-F 4/14/2021 A copy of records regarding emails sent or received by 

USDA FSIS political appointees or senior staff related to 

Salmonella industry communications, from January 1, 2016 

to April 14, 2021. 

7/13/2023 

2021-FSIS-00302-F 4/30/2021 A copy of records relating to an investigation and 

recall at Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc.'s facility in Benton 

County, Arkansas, from October 1, 2019 to April 29, 2021. 

5/10/2023 

2021-FSIS-00305-F 5/4/2021 A copy of inspection reports for all meat and poultry 

processing plants located in North Carolina, South Carolina, 

and Georgia, from January 1, 2019 to April 30, 2021. 

6/22/2023 

2021-FSIS-00324-F 5/25/2021 A copy of records regarding agendas, recordings, 

transcripts, minutes, action-item lists or notes of the FSIS 

weekly foodborne illness investigations meetings and the 

weekly CDC-FDA-USDA tri- agency meetings containing the 

keyword “infantis” from January 1, 2017 to May 25, 2021. 

4/7/2023 

2021-FSIS-00349-F 6/10/2021 A copy of records regarding Empire Kosher Poultry Inc., 

Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, from January 1, 2016 to 

December 31, 2018. 

8/18/2023 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021-FSIS-00370-F 7/12/2021 A copy of records regarding HCG Food To Go, 

from January 1, 2014 to July 12, 2021. 

9/15/2023 

2021-FSIS-00419-F 8/17/2021 A copy of records regarding Recall #023-2021. 4/17/2023 

2021-FSIS-00430-F 8/27/2021 A copy of records regarding Salmonella Newport Outbreak 

in Summer 2020, Recall Numbers F- 1272-2020; F-1273-

2020; F-1274-2020; F-1275-

2020, from May 1, 2020 through August 1, 2020. 

9/29/2023 

2021-FSIS-00434-F 9/1/2021 A copy of records regarding National Beef, Liberal, Kansas, 

pertaining to establishment complaints, from January 1, 

2016 to August 31, 

2021. 

4/13/2023 

2021-FSIS-00454-F 9/21/2021 A copy of records regarding Claxton Poultry Farms in 

Sylvania, Georgia and Claxton, Georgia, (Est. #P46672 and 

P6505), from February 9, 2020 to September 21, 2021. 

6/1/2023 

2022-FSIS-00088-F 1/25/2022 A copy of records regarding USDA staff and the employees, 

agents, and assigns from the following entities regarding 

their participation in USDA’s Time-Limited Trial for NSIS 

Establishments: Quality Pork Processors, (Est. M1), Austin, 

Minnesota; Clemens, (Est. M791), Hatfield, Pennsylvania; 

Clemens, (Est. M791C), Coldwater, Michigan; Wholestone 

Farms, (Est. M46491), Fremont, Nebraska; and Tyson Fresh 

Meat,s (Est. M244M), Madison, Nebraska, from July 1, 2021 

to January 24, 2022. 

9/29/2023 

2022-FSIS-00118-F 2/18/2022 A copy of records related to the pre-market label approval 

process for the claim “regeneratively raised” and its 

definition “Beef raised to improve soil health and reduce 

carbon emissions” on Hickory Nut Gap Meats ground beef 

from January 2016 to February 18, 2022. 

4/6/2023 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022-FSIS-00128-F 3/3/2022 A copy of records regarding all audio or video files in the 

USDA's possession of a briefing for a briefing on COVID-19 

infections in meatpacking plants given to the House Select 

Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, which was likely 

held on either January 12 or 13, 2022. 

9/29/2023 

2022-FSIS-00274-F 9/30/2022 A copy of records regarding the total cost 

associated with food recalls within the USA over the last 3 

years but ONLY recalls due to foreign matters found in food 

that is blue in color or specifically states “gloves”. 

6/22/2023 

2023-FSIS-00019-F 11/8/2022 A copy of records between FSIS and Food In- Depth (aka, 

“FoodID”), from March 1, 2021 to October 14, 2022, 

regarding livestock testing and rapid residue testing. 

6/21/2023 

2023-FSIS-00035-F 3/16/2023 A copy of records regarding Wayne Farms related to Poultry 

Products Inspection Act, (PPIA), from January 1, 2017 to 

November 29, 2022. 

4/14/2023 

2023-FSIS-00036-F 3/16/2023 A copy of records regarding Crescent Foods related to premarket label approval, from January 1, 2017 to November 

29, 2022. 

4/27/2023 

2023-FSIS-00037-F 3/16/2023 A copy of records regarding Amick Farms related to Poultry 

Products Inspection Act (PPIA), from January 1, 2017 to 

November 29, 2022. 

7/6/2023 

2023-FSIS-00072-F 1/30/2023 A copy of records regarding all inspections that found 

violations per year and did not find a violation per 

year/month, from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022. 

6/30/2023 

2023-FSIS-00076-F 2/2/2023 A copy of records regarding confirmation of whether or not 

there have been other petitions received about any section 

of 9 CFR 310.16 since it was added to the federal register 

in 1971. 

4/11/2023 

2023-FSIS-00081-F 2/8/2023 A copy of records pertaining to the drug clenbuterol in meat 

produced by Smithfield Fresh Meat Corporation, (Est. 

#M18079 + #P27232), from January 1, 2022 to February 

7, 2023. 

5/30/2023 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023-FSIS-00087-F 2/14/2023 A copy of records regarding all rules, policies, procedures, 

and safety protocols that govern the use of knives in postmortem handling of carcasses and tissue by meat 

inspectors at the FPL Food, LLC, Augusta, Georgia, in the 

year of 2020. 

9/29/2023 

2023-FSIS-00088-F 2/14/2023 A copy of records regarding all applications/FSIS Forms 

5200-2 requesting Federal Meat Inspections for Equines, 

including HACCP Plans, Sanitation SOP and Suitable 

Facilities, from January 1, 2020 to February 14, 2023. 

4/26/2023 

2023-FSIS-00099-F 3/31/2023 A copy of records regarding the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture and any representative or agent of Packers 

Sanitation Services Inc., from January 1, 2022 to February 

22, 2023. 

4/14/2023 

2023-FSIS-00103-F 2/28/2023 A copy of records regarding Cool Cat Fish Market, Stewart, 

Tennessee, from September 1, 2022 to the date of 

fulfillment of this request. 

9/28/2023 

2023-FSIS-00104-F 2/28/2023 A copy of records regarding attestation records from 

January 1, 2015 to February 21, 2023. 

4/7/2023 

2023-FSIS-00105-F 4/4/2023 A copy of records regarding importation of catfish related to 

Indonesia. 

4/4/2023 

2023-FSIS-00114-F 3/15/2023 A copy of records regarding Simple Truth® and Simple 

Truth Organic; 365 Whole Foods; and O Organics, 

pertaining to the label approval process, from 2015 through 

2022. 

7/28/2023 

2023-FSIS-00121-F 4/7/2023 A copy of records regarding establishments Washington 

Beef; Creekstone Farms Premium Beef; Greater Omaha 

Packing Company; and Meat by Linz, from July 23, 2022 to 

March 17, 2023. 

8/23/2023 

2023-FSIS-00122-F 3/17/2023 A copy of records regarding noncompliance reports, food 

safety assessments, and administrative data actions, from 

February 1, 2023 to February 28, 2023. 

4/17/2023 

2023-FSIS-00124-F 3/20/2023 A copy of records regarding the top countries, imported, 

and exported meat cuts, byproducts, and ground products 

for the last three years. 

4/17/2023 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023-FSIS-00125-F 3/21/2023 A copy of records related to Foster Poultry Farms, (Est. 

P6137 and M6137), Livingston, California, from January 1, 

2013 to March 21, 

2023. 

5/26/2023 

2023-FSIS-00127-F 3/22/2023 A copy of records showing all meat and poultry labels 

seeking approval of animal raising claims that were denied 

by FSIS, from December 27, 2019 to March 21, 2023. 

6/2/2023 

2023-FSIS-00128-F 3/22/2023 A copy of records showing all meat and poultry labels 

seeking approval of animal raising claims that were 

approved by FSIS, from December 27, 2019 to March 21, 

2023. 

5/19/2023 

2023-FSIS-00130-F 3/27/2023 A copy of records regarding FOIA-2023-00089-F. 8/31/2023 

2023-FSIS-00131-F 3/28/2023 A copy of records related to the pre-market label approval 

process for the claim “Pasture Raised” on Trader Joe’s All 

Natural Heirloom Chicken Thighs from January 1, 2018 to 

March 28, 2023. 

4/18/2023 

2023-FSIS-00132-F 3/28/2023 A copy of records related to the pre-market label approval 

process for the claim “Pasture-Raised” on Trader Joe’s All 

Natural Heirloom Whole Chicken, from January 1, 2018 to 

March 28, 

2023. 

4/19/2023 

2023-FSIS-00135-F 3/31/2023 A copy of records regarding a list of processors included in 

the “Public Health Effects of Performance Standards for 

Ground Beef and Beef Manufacturing Trimmings” published 

in October 2019 by the FSIS -Risk Assessment and 

Analytics Staff. 

4/21/2023 

2023-FSIS-00138-F 4/5/2023 A copy of records regarding export data for calendar year 

2023. 

5/2/2023 

2023-FSIS-00139-F 4/5/2023 A copy of records regarding import data for calendar year 

2023 March. 

4/20/2023 

2023-FSIS-00140-F 4/5/2023 A copy of records regarding Uncle Johnny's Whole Catfish, 

Vance, South Carolina, from January 1, 2021 to April 5, 

2023. 

4/28/2023 

2023-FSIS-00141-F 4/6/2023 A copy of responsive records regarding FOIA- 2023-00121-

F. 

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2023-FSIS-00142-F 4/10/2023 A copy of records relating to ConAgra Foods, Inc. 

(“ConAgra”): All applications for sketch, generic, and/or 

blanket label approval of ConAgra’s front of package labels 

and front of package images and/or photographs on its 

Marie Callender’s Salisbury Steak, Roasted Turkey Breast, 

Meat Loaf and Gravy, Country Fried Pork Chop and Gravy, 

Country Fried Chicken and Gravy, Sweet and Sour Chicken, 

Steak and Roasted Potatoes, Slow Roasted Beef, Turkey 

and Stuffing, Shepherd’s Pie, Tender Ginger Beef and 

Broccoli Bowl, and Salisbury Steak with Roasted Potatoes 

frozen dinners, including both single-serving and multiserve meal-to-share versions of the products. 

4/14/2023 

2023-FSIS-00144-F 4/11/2023 A copy of records regarding Koch Foods, Chattanooga, 

Tennessee, from November 25, 

2022 to December 1, 2022. 

4/26/2023 

2023-FSIS-00146-F 4/18/2023 A copy of records regarding communications between 

APHIS and FSIS, from January 1, 2021 to April 14, 2023. 

6/30/2023 

2023-FSIS-00147-F 4/14/2023 A copy of records regarding import data pertaining to 

samples for stec/E.coli and listeria/salmonella, for calendar 

year 2023. 

4/28/2023 

2023-FSIS-00150-F 4/17/2023 A copy of records regarding historical MPI Directory, from 

2006 to 2018. 

4/28/2023 

2023-FSIS-00152-F 4/19/2023 A copy of records regarding noncompliance reports, food 

safety assessments, and administrative action data, from 

March 1, 2023 to March 31, 2023. 

5/18/2023 

2023-FSIS-00153-F 4/19/2023 A copy of records regarding the original request and 

responsive records for FOIA-2023-00050-F. 

5/4/2023 

2023-FSIS-00154-F 4/20/2023 A copy of records regarding Hickman's Egg Ranch in 

Arizona, from January 1, 2020 to April 20, 

2023. 

5/23/2023 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023-FSIS-00155-F 4/27/2023 A copy of records regarding Family Dollar or West Memphis, 

Arkansas Family Dollar distribution center inspection(s) 

and/or investigations, from January 1, 2019 to April 20, 

2023. 

7/20/2023 

2023-FSIS-00157-F 4/25/2023 A copy of records related to any reports of loss of chickens, 

and/or loss of chicken/egg production, from January 1, 

2015 to April 24, 2023, pertaining to if the reports were 

made by the company, Demler Farm, Ramona, California. 

4/26/2023 

2023-FSIS-00158-F 4/25/2023 A copy of records regarding Wayne Farms, Albertville, 

Alabama, from July 23, 2022 to April 25, 2023. 

7/26/2023 

2023-FSIS-00159-F 5/30/2023 A copy of records regarding animal and human poly 

bromunated byphenyl (PBB) that occurred in Michigan 

starting in 1973 and beyond. 

5/30/2023 

2023-FSIS-00160-F 4/27/2023 A copy of records regarding Belcampo in California, from 

January 1, 2020 to November 10, 2021. 

5/5/2023 

2023-FSIS-00163-F 5/1/2023 A copy of records regarding an outbreak of Salmonella 

enterica serovar Braenderup, from April 2022 to June 2022. 

9/29/2023 

2023-FSIS-00164-F 5/1/2023 A copy of records regarding an outbreak of E. coli 017:H7 

from July - August 2022 most likely related to a food item 

(romaine lettuce) from Wendy's restaurants in Indiana, 

Ohio, Kentucky, New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. 

8/25/2023 

2023-FSIS-00166-F 5/3/2023 A copy of records regarding Food Safety and Inspection 

Service's compliance with the National Environmental Policy 

Act, from January 1, 2013 

to May 3, 2023. 

5/9/2023 

2023-FSIS-00167-F 5/3/2023 A copy of records regarding import data 

pertaining to lots and pounds presented and refused by 

country, for calendar year 2023 by month. 

5/10/2023 

2023-FSIS-00168-F 5/3/2023 A copy of records regarding task order AG3A94D130195. 5/12/2023 

2023-FSIS-00169-F 5/3/2023 A copy of records regarding FOIA Logs, years 2000 to 

present and FOIA Appeal Logs, years 2000-present. 

7/11/2023 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023-FSIS-00170-F 5/3/2023 A copy of records regarding an old recall in 2014 pertaining 

to frozen fruit and vegetables. 

5/3/2023 

2023-FSIS-00173-F 5/8/2023 A copy of records regarding receiving and rejection criteria 

related to temperature requirements at USDA, FSIS, 

Midwestern Laboratory, St. Louis, Missouri, for food and 

environmental microbiological samples for Listeria 

monocytogenes, Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and 

Quantitative Analysis of Bacteria. 

6/6/2023 

2023-FSIS-00174-F 5/30/2023 A copy of records regarding Food Safety and 

Inspection Service's compliance with the Endangered 

Species Act, from January 1, 2018 to May 8, 2023. 

6/1/2023 

2023-FSIS-00175-F 6/22/2023 A copy of records regarding a line chart depicting the 

average number of additives/artificial ingredients in food, 

which starts 100 years ago and ends in 2022. 

6/22/2023 

2023-FSIS-00176-F 5/10/2023 A copy of records regarding Records Management SelfAssessment (RMSA) reports submitted to NARA for the past 

5 years. 

5/18/2023 

2023-FSIS-00177-F 5/15/2023 A copy of records regarding Applegate Farms, LLC to 

substantiate "humanely raised" labels per FSIS Labeling 

Guideline (2019), for the last three years 2019, 2020, and 

2021. 

5/26/2023 

2023-FSIS-00178-F 5/16/2023 A copy of records regarding health inspection reports for 

restaurants in the United States. 

5/16/2023 

2023-FSIS-00180-F 5/16/2023 A copy of records relating to the Food Safety and Inspection 

Service's compliance with the National Environmental Policy 

Act, from January 1, 2013 to May 16, 2023. 

9/15/2023 

2023-FSIS-00181-F 5/16/2023 A copy of records related to FSIS Petition Number 23-03 

submitted to the Agency on or around March 16, 2023. 

6/9/2023 

2023-FSIS-00183-F 5/19/2023 A copy of records regarding Chun King Chinese Food plant 

in Jackson, Ohio, from 1977 through 1983. 

5/23/2023 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023-FSIS-00186-F 5/22/2023 A copy of records regarding noncompliance reports, food 

safety assessments, and administrative enforcement 

actions, from April 1, 2023 to April 30, 2023. 

6/2/2023 

2023-FSIS-00187-F 5/23/2023 A copy of records regarding Perdue, (Est. P764), pertaining 

to Poultry Products Inspection Act, from January 1, 2022 to 

May 23, 2023. 

8/2/2023 

2023-FSIS-00189-F 5/23/2023 A copy of records regarding Letters of Concern 

pertaining to good commercial practices – task code 04C05, 

from from January 1, 2022 to May 23, 2023. 

7/11/2023 

2023-FSIS-00190-F 5/23/2023 A copy of records regarding the OPPD Weekly Activity Logs 

for the FSIS Office of Policy and Program Development 

(OPPD) Policy Development Division (PDD) (a/k/a askFSIS 

logs) for calendar year 2022. 

7/5/2023 

2023-FSIS-00192-F 6/8/2023 A copy of records regarding Double Rafter Livestock, 

pertaining to a complaint. 

9/27/2023 

2023-FSIS-00193-F 5/30/2023 A copy of records regarding good commercial practices 

related to task 04C05 pertaining to Foster Farms, (Est. 

M6167, P6167, P6164A), for 2018, 2019, and 2020. 

7/13/2023 

2023-FSIS-00194-F 5/31/2023 A copy of records regarding task order AG3A94D160078. 6/8/2023 

2023-FSIS-00195-F 5/31/2023 A copy of records regarding the Performance Work 

Statement or Statement of Work for the existing contract 

#GS06F0669Z/123A9420F0048. 

6/8/2023 

2023-FSIS-00196-F 6/1/2023 A copy of records regarding reports or studies on consumer 

understanding and consumer expectations of “natural” 

and/or “no preservatives,” used by or reviewed by FSIS’ 

Labeling and Program Delivery Staff related to their work in 

reviewing or approving any meat or poultry product labels 

from 2018 to the present. 

6/28/2023 

2023-FSIS-00197-F 6/1/2023 A copy of responsive records regarding FOIA- 2023-00119. 6/1/2023 

2023-FSIS-00198-F 6/1/2023 A copy of records regarding import data for Canada, for 

calendar year 2022 and 2023; and import by country, for 

calendar year 2023 May. 

6/16/2023 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023-FSIS-00199-F 6/2/2023 A copy of noncompliance records regarding House of Halal, 

Jasper, Florida, from February to 

March 2023. 

6/14/2023 

2023-FSIS-00200-F 6/5/2023 A copy of records regarding FOIA-2022-FSIS- 00207-F; 

FOIA-2022-FSIS-[REDACTED]-F; FOIA-2023- FSIS-00138-

F; FOIA-2023-FSIS-00121-F; and FOIA-2023-FSIS-00124-

F. 

7/28/2023 

2023-FSIS-00202-F 7/21/2023 A copy of records regarding a Study of Infectious Disease. 7/21/2023 

2023-FSIS-00204-F 6/8/2023 A copy of any records reflecting FSIS’s policy as to whether 

to refer violations of the HMSA to the DOJ for criminal 

prosecution, no date limitation. 

7/7/2023 

2023-FSIS-00206-F 6/9/2023 A copy of records regarding Wolf Pack Meat's 

response to NOIE, from May 16, 2023 to June 9, 2023. 

8/8/2023 

2023-FSIS-00208-F 6/16/2023 A copy of records regarding this exempt slaughter facility, APoultry, Winter Park, Florida, from January 1, 2021 to June 

11, 2023. 

9/15/2023 

2023-FSIS-00209-F 6/13/2023 A copy of records regarding all communications between 

United Food and Commercial Workers, its representatives, 

and any Local affiliates and their representatives, or 

(members of the Poultry Line Speed Evaluation (PULSE) 

team and their affiliates and representatives, and Under 

Secretary for Food Safety or Deputy Under Secretary for 

Food Safety regarding line speeds at chicken slaughter 

establishments, the chicken slaughter line speed waiver 

program, or individual chicken slaughter line speed waivers, 

from March 24, 2021 to June 13, 2023. 

8/9/2023 

2023-FSIS-00211-F 8/11/2023 A copy of records regarding all labels approved by USDAFSIS for GOOD Meat, Inc., a subsidiary of Eat Just, Inc. 

8/11/2023 

2023-FSIS-00212-F 6/16/2023 A copy of records regarding the regulatory process around 

cell-cultured meat production, dated December 8, 2021. 

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2023-FSIS-00213-F 6/16/2023 A copy of records regarding Hudson RCI AddiPak Unit Dose 

Vial 0.9% Sodium Chloride. 

6/23/2023 

2023-FSIS-00215-F 6/20/2023 A copy of records regarding noncompliance reports, food 

safety assessments, and administrative action data, from 

May 1, 2023 to 

May 31, 2023. 

7/18/2023 

2023-FSIS-00216-F 6/21/2023 A copy of records regarding noncompliance reports for the 

House of Halal, from January 1, 2023 to June 21, 2023. 

6/22/2023 

2023-FSIS-00217-F 6/21/2023 A copy of records filed in the Public Health Information 

System (PHIS) – Import Component relating to imports of 

bovine meat from Brazil by foreign establishments in Brazil 

eligible to export meat to the United States (USDA list of 

“Brazil – Eligible Plants Certified to Export Meat to the 

United States” as published by the Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS), from May 26, 2022 until the 

most recent available date. 

6/30/2023 

2023-FSIS-00218-F 6/22/2023 A copy of records regarding a noncompliance report for 

National Beef Packing Company, from January 1, 2023 to 

June 21, 2023. 

7/20/2023 

2023-FSIS-00219-F 6/22/2023 A copy of records regarding Prime Beef LTD, from January 

1, 2018 to June 22, 2023. 

7/7/2023 

2023-FSIS-00220-F 6/23/2023 A copy of records regarding C&H Veal Company, Newark, 

New Jersey, from October 1, 2020 to 

June 22, 2023. 

7/28/2023 

2023-FSIS-00221-F 6/26/2023 A copy of records regarding export data, for 

calendar year 2023. 

7/21/2023 

2023-FSIS-00222-F 6/26/2023 A copy of records regarding the following four (4) FSIS 

Documents: AGRICOLA or at the USDA Library: FSIS 

Directive 10,010.1 Revision 1 (3/31/2004); FSIS Directive 

10,010.1 (2/1/1998); FSIS Notice 11-03 (4/18/2003); and 

FSIS Notice 47-02 (11/20/2002). 

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2023-FSIS-00223-F 6/26/2023 A copy of records regarding the ProPublica's 2021 

salmonella report which showed high-risk salmonella was 

found more frequently at the Palmetto Pigeon Plant, (Est. P 

211) than other chicken processing facilities, from March 

2021 through March 2022. 

6/26/2023 

2023-FSIS-00224-F 6/27/2023 A copy of records that relate to the Grant of Inspection 

granted by USDA to GOOD Meat and its manufacturing 

partner JOINN Biologics in June 2023; and all records that 

relate to the Grant of Inspection granted by USDA to 

UPSIDE Foods in June 2023. 

8/9/2023 

2023-FSIS-00225-F 6/27/2023 A copy of records regarding Department of Health and 

Human Services FEI 3010229269 case file, from October 

20, 2014 to March 22, 

2017. 

7/19/2023 

2023-FSIS-00226-F 6/27/2023 A copy of records regarding the sketch labels of cell culture 

chicken products from Upside Foods, Inc. and GOOD Meat, 

Inc., that have been submitted to and approved by the 

USDA-FSIS Labeling and Program Delivery Staff, from June 

1,2020 to June 20, 2023. 

8/4/2023 

2023-FSIS-00227-F 6/27/2023 A copy of records regarding purchase orders sent to BSC 

Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, from October 21, 

2022 to June 26, 2023. 

8/16/2023 

2023-FSIS-00228-F 6/26/2023 A copy of records regarding the hiring of military spouses 

under Executive Order 13473 within your agency or 

department, 2019 to present. 

8/3/2023 

2023-FSIS-00229-F 6/28/2023 A copy of records regarding a list of all pork product 

producers approved by the USDA/FSIS to use the term 

“humane” or “humanely raised” 

on their labeling. 

8/25/2023 

2023-FSIS-00233-F 7/5/2023 A copy of records from the PHIS Import System for 

calendar year 2023 June regarding lots and pounds process 

category presented and refused by country. 

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2023-FSIS-00234-F 7/10/2023 A copy of records regarding the DUNS number that is 

associated with each FSIS Establishment number; and copy 

of records regarding facility information that can help 

indicate the size and scope of the facilities, from January 1, 

2013 to December 31, 2022. 

7/28/2023 

2023-FSIS-00236-F 7/27/2023 A copy of records regarding Tyson Foods pertaining to the 

labeling and claims of its Brazen Beef Brand, from January 

1, 2022 to July 11, 

2023. 

9/15/2023 

2023-FSIS-00239-F 7/12/2023 A copy of records regarding FOIA-2023-00218 pertaining to 

National Beef Packing, Kansas City, Missouri, from January 

1, 2023 to June 21, 2023. 

7/25/2023 

2023-FSIS-00240-F 7/12/2023 A copy of records regarding Triumph Foods that have been 

generated with regards to the appeal of a FSIS Office of 

Field Operations (OFO) decision involving a request to add 

15 minutes of time to each shift which would still keep FSIS 

inspection personnel at their ten (10) hours or less for shift 

time, from February 13, 2023 to May 3, 2023. 

8/25/2023 

2023-FSIS-00241-F 7/12/2023 A copy of records regarding the names and contact 

information of people in your agency that deal with 

construction, facilities or project 

managers. 

8/4/2023 

2023-FSIS-00242-F 7/18/2023 A copy of records regarding FOIA-2023-00200-F pertaining 

to Washington Beef, Toppenish, 

Washington. 

7/21/2023 

2023-FSIS-00243-F 7/18/2023 A copy of records regarding FOIA-2023-00121-F pertaining 

to Washington Beef, Toppenish, 

Washington. 

8/2/2023 

2023-FSIS-00244-F 7/20/2023 A copy of records regarding food manufacturing or 

distribution companies that have the permit to transport 

pork into the United States, from January 1, 2022 to July 

14, 2023. 

8/10/2023 

2023-FSIS-00245-F 7/20/2023 A copy of records regarding Golden State Foods, Opelika, 

Alabama, from January 1, 2022 to July 

20, 2023. 

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2023-FSIS-00247-F 8/2/2023 A copy of records regarding all emails to/from/bcc Sandra 

Eskin sandra.eskin@usda.gov 

-Search terms demanded: “mentioning, “on the 

background”, “off the record”, “off-the-record”, “on 

background”, “deep background”, “compliance”, 

“confidential”, “complaint”, “investigation”, “classified”, 

“LIMDIS”, “not for attribution”, “non-attribution”, “not 

attributed”, “source”, “anonymity”, “anonymous”, 

“sensitive”, “counsel”, “embargo”, “embargoed”, “policy 

draft”, “talking points”, “pre-read”, “briefing sheet”, 

“sitrep”, “memorandum draft”, or “memorandum”. All 

calendar entries and internal Microsoft Teams or Lync 

messages from Lucas Ingvoldstad mentioning “on the 

background”, “off the record”, “off-the-record”, “on 

background”, “deep background”, “compliance”, 

“confidential”, “complaint”, “investigation”, “classified”, 

“LIMDIS”, “not for attribution”, “non-attribution”, “not 

attributed”, “source”, “anonymity”, “anonymous”, 

“sensitive”, “counsel”, “embargo”, “embargoed”, “policy 

draft”, “talking points”, “pre read”, “briefing sheet”, 

“sitrep”, “memorandum draft”, “memorandum”, 

“Republican”, “Democrat” or “nominee”. 

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2023-FSIS-00248-F 8/2/2023 A copy of records regarding all emails to/from/bcc 

emilio.esteban@usda.gov Search terms: mentioning “on the 

background”, “off the record”, “off-the-record”, “on 

background”, “deep background”, “compliance”, 

“confidential”, “complaint”, “investigation”, “classified”, 

“LIMDIS”, “not for attribution”, “non-attribution”, “not 

attributed”, “source”, “anonymity”, “anonymous”, 

“sensitive”, “counsel”, “embargo”, “embargoed”, “policy 

draft”, “talking points”, “pre read”, “briefing sheet”, 

“sitrep”, “memorandum draft”, or “memorandum”. All 

calendar entries and internal Microsoft Teams or Lync 

messages from Jose Emilio Esteban mentioning “on the 

background”, “off the record”, “off-the-record”, “on 

background”, “deep background”, “compliance”, 

“confidential”, “complaint”, “investigation”, “classified”, 

“LIMDIS”, “not for attribution”, “non-attribution”, “not 

attributed”, “source”, “anonymity”, “anonymous”, 

“sensitive”, “counsel”, “embargo”, “embargoed”, “policy 

draft”, “talking points”, “pre-read”, “briefing sheet”, 

“sitrep”, “memorandum draft”, “memorandum”, “Republican 

”, “Democrat” or “nominee”. 

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2023-FSIS-00249-F 8/2/2023 A copy of records regarding all emails 

to/from/bcc Stacy L. Dean stacy.dean@usda.gov -

mentioning, “on the background”, “off the record”, “off-therecord”, “on background”, “deep background”, 

“compliance”, “confidential”, “complaint”, “investigation”, 

“classified”, “LIMDIS”, “not for attribution”, “nonattribution”, “not attributed”, “source”, “anonymity”, 

“anonymous”, “sensitive”, “counsel”, “embargo”, 

“embargoed”, “policy draft”, “talking points”, “pre read”, 

“briefing sheet”, “sitrep”, “memorandum draft”, or 

“memorandum”. All calendar entries and internal Microsoft 

Teams or Lync messages from Stacy L. Dean mentioning 

“on the background”, “off the record”, “off-the-record”, “on 

background”, “deep background”, “compliance”, 

“confidential”, “complaint”, “investigation”, “classified”, 

“LIMDIS”, “not for attribution”, “non-attribution”, “not 

attributed”, “source”, “anonymity”, “anonymous”, 

“sensitive”, “counsel”, “embargo”, “embargoed”, “policy 

draft”, “talking points”, “pre-read”, “briefing sheet”, 

“sitrep”, “memorandum draft”, “memorandum”, “Republican 

”, “Democrat” or “nominee”. 

8/2/2023 

2023-FSIS-00251-F 7/31/2023 A copy of records regarding all import and export 

documentation regarding horse meat imported into and 

exported out of the United States, from September 1, 2020 

to July 29, 2023. 

8/16/2023 

2023-FSIS-00252-F 8/16/2023 A copy of records regarding any correspondence between 

any Native American tribal entity or representative and 

FSIS referencing, concerning or related to horse slaughter 

or horse slaughterhouses, from January 1, 2022 to August 

1, 2023. 

8/16/2023 

2023-FSIS-00253-F 8/1/2023 A copy of records regarding imports pertaining to lots and 

pounds process category presented and refused by country, 

from January 1, 2023 to July 

31. 2023. 

8/11/2023 

2023-FSIS-00257-F 8/2/2023 A copy of records regarding food recall data for all FSIS 

food recalls, from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2022. 

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2023-FSIS-00258-F 8/3/2023 A copy of records corresponding to FSIS Office of Policy and 

Program Development (OPPD) responses generated for 

specific askFSIS online inquiries relating to slaughter and 

animal raising claims for the calendar year 2022. 

9/19/2023 

2023-FSIS-00259-F 8/4/2023 A copy of records regarding food recalls, from April 1, 2022 

to April 1, 2023. 

9/22/2023 

2023-FSIS-00261-F 8/10/2023 A copy of records regarding Fitch Ranch Artisan Meat 

Company, Craig, Colorado, from May 1, 2023 to August 10, 

2023. 

9/19/2023 

2023-FSIS-00263-F 8/16/2023 A copy of the submission and any other pertinent records 

relating to FSIS's "acceptability determinations" (listed in 

FSIS Directive 7120.1) for uses as a Safe and Suitable 

Ingredient of Lauramide Arginine Ethyl Ester (LAE) as an 

antimicrobial in ground poultry and ground poultry sausage, 

from January 1, 2010 to January 1, 2012. 

9/29/2023 

2023-FSIS-00264-F 8/16/2023 A copy of records regarding consumer complaints or 

consumer reports, from December 22, 2021 to December 

22, 2022. 

8/18/2023 

2023-FSIS-00265-F 8/16/2023 A copy of historical records of the MPI Directory and the 

Establishment Demographic Data, from January 1, 2000 to 

August 16, 2023. 

9/1/2023 

2023-FSIS-00266-F 8/17/2023 A copy of records regarding genomic information on NonH2S producing Salmonella collected by the FSIS over the 

years to screen them for genomic determinants of this new 

phenotypic behavior and also to find patterns of their 

isolation and virulence, from January 1, 2000 to January 1, 

2023. 

8/29/2023 

2023-FSIS-00267-F 8/17/2023 A copy of records regarding FOIA-2023-FSIS- [REDACTED]-

F. 

9/1/2023 

2023-FSIS-00271-F 8/17/2023 A copy of all slaughter and condemnation records for 

establishments listed in request, from 2006 to 

2018. 

9/21/2023 

2023-FSIS-00272-F 8/18/2023 A copy of records regarding the Federal View Point Survey 

(FEVS) Reports, from December 1, 2020 to January 30, 

2021. 

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2023-FSIS-00273-F 8/18/2023 A copy of records regarding Case Farms pertaining to the 

welfare of the chicks and chickens in their care, from 

January 1, 2017 to 

August 17, 2023. 

9/29/2023 

2023-FSIS-00275-F 8/21/2023 A copy of records regarding Premium California Foods, Inc., 

from March 1, 2022 to August 1, 

2023. 

8/30/2023 

2023-FSIS-00277-F 8/2/2023 A copy of records regarding all Food Safety and Inspection 

Service (“FSIS”) policies, directives, or guidelines 

prohibiting audio-visual recordings of FSIS Inspection 

Program Personnel (IPP) or stating that Personnel must 

allow recordings in any instance. 

9/20/2023 

2023-FSIS-00279-F 8/23/2023 A copy of records regarding Cuisine Solutions and Vie de 

France Yamakazi, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, from January 1, 

2020 to August 22, 

2023. 

9/8/2023 

2023-FSIS-00280-F 8/24/2023 A copy of records regarding the Twenty-Eight Hour law, 

from January 1, 2010 to August 22, 

2023. 

8/29/2023 

2023-FSIS-00281-F 8/25/2023 A copy of records regarding Swift Beef Company, Greeley, 

Colorado, from January 1, 2023 to August 25, 2023. 

9/7/2023 

2023-FSIS-00283-F 8/25/2023 A copy of records regarding Rhode Island Beef and Veal, 

Johnston, Rhode Island, from January 

1, 2017 to August 25, 2023. 

9/29/2023 

2023-FSIS-00285-F 8/29/2023 A copy of records regarding a list of all Canadian 

meat packing plants delisted, from January 1, 2021 to 

August 28, 2023. 

9/26/2023 

2023-FSIS-00286-F 8/31/2023 A copy of records regarding any communications between 

USDA and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi in the last 

year related to the Smithfield Packaged Meats, St. Charles, 

Illinois. 

9/11/2023 

2023-FSIS-00288-F 9/5/2023 A copy of records regarding a list of the poultry inspection 

exemptions granted in the New York City borough of 

Brooklyn, from September 1, 2018 to September 2, 2023. 

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2023-FSIS-00290-F 9/7/2023 A copy of records regarding a current list of what US 

slaughter poultry plants use gas vs electric to stun birds 

before slaughter; and a current list of what US 

slaughterhouses are processing what size birds and what 

plants are offering a "value add" like traypack, from 

September 7, 2022 to September 7, 2023. 

9/21/2023 

2023-FSIS-00293-F 9/14/2023 A copy of records regarding Case Farms, from January 1, 

2017 to September 14, 2023. 

9/15/2023 

2023-FSIS-00297-F 9/19/2023 A copy of records regarding training materials related to the 

training for FSIS food inspectors launched on September 1, 

2023, pertaining to USDA's policies around child labor. 

9/29/2023 

2023-FSIS-00298-F 9/19/2023 A copy of records regarding Maddox Family Farms using 

Mickelsen Pack’s brand of inspection. 

9/29/2023 

2023-FSIS-00299-F 9/20/2023 A copy of records regarding an archived copy of the FSIS 

Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory Legend 

for Establishment Numbers And Directory Search Guidance, 

from August 1, 2022 to October 1, 2022. 

9/22/2023 

2023-FSIS-00301-F 9/20/2023 A copy of records regarding the monthly (or yearly if 

monthly is not available) Processed Volume Category and 

Slaughter Volume Category information for all facilities 

inspected by FSIS from 2014 - present. 

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2023-FSIS-05338-F 7/24/2023 A copy of records regarding emails to/from/bcc Jose Emilio 

Esteban emilio.esteban@usda.gov, from 2021 to the 

present, mentioning, “on the background”, “off the record”, 

“off-the-record”, “on background”, “deep background”, 

“compliance”, “confidential”, “complaint”, “investigation”, 

“classified”, “LIMDIS”, “not for attribution”, “nonattribution”, “not attributed”, “source”, “anonymity”, 

“anonymous”, “sensitive”, “counsel”, “embargo”, 

“embargoed”, “policy draft”, “talking points”, “pre-read”, 

“briefing sheet”, “sitrep”, “memorandum draft”, or 

“memorandum”. All calendar entries and internal Microsoft 

Teams or Lync messages from Jose Emilio Esteban 

mentioning “on the background”, “off the record”, “off-therecord”, “on background”, “deep background”, 

“compliance”, “confidential”, “complaint”, “investigation”, 

“classified”, “LIMDIS”, “not for attribution”, “nonattribution”, “not attributed”, “source”, “anonymity”, 

“anonymous”, “sensitive”, “counsel”, “embargo”, 

“embargoed”, “policy draft”, “talking points”, “pre-read”, 

“briefing sheet”, “sitrep”, “memorandum draft”, 

“memorandum”, “Republican ”, “Democrat” or “nominee”. 

7/24/2023 

2023-FSIS-06261-F 9/15/2023 A copy of records regarding all FOIA appeal logs by year 

(calendar years 2010 to present); a copy of all Mandatory 

Declassification Review (MDR) request and appeal logs by 

year (calendar years 2010 to present); a copy of all opened 

or closed Inspection General Investigations (OIG) for 

calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 

2023; and a copy of the Congressional Correspondence 

Control logs (or similar control logs containing logs of all 

Congressional correspondence) for calendar years 2010 to 

present. 

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2023-FSIS-06281-F 9/15/2023 A copy of records regarding all OGE Form 202 (Conflict of 

Interest Referral) generated within or by the agency or 

submitted to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) from 

January 1, 2021 to present; and copies of all OGE Form 

278e (Public Financial Disclosures) or OGE Form 278-T 

(Periodic Transation Reports) generated within or by the 

agency or submitted to the Office of Government Ethics 

(OGE) from January 1, 2021 to present. 

9/19/2023 

2023-FSIS-06301-F 9/15/2023 A copy of records regarding all employees who entered into 

a position at the agency as a Political Appointee since 

January 20, 2021, to the date this records request is 

processed, and the title or position of each employee (to 

the extent that individuals have held multiple positions 

during this time period, identify each title or position and 

the time period it was held); and all career employees who, 

between January 20, 2021, and the date this records 

request is processed, have been detailed to 1) a position 

eligible to be filled by a Political Appointee, or 2) a new 

position through coordination or consultation with either the 

White House Liaison or Presidential Personnel Office; the 

title or position of each employee while on detail; and each 

employee’s originating agency or component, and prior 

title. 

9/19/2023 

2023-FSIS-06320-F 9/15/2023 A copy of records regarding the monthly occupancy or 

vacancy rates for the agency's five largest buildings 

(measured by square footage) from January 1, 2020, to 

December 31, 2022; and a copy of all agency telework 

policies or directives that were in place due to COVID-19 

and/or the pandemic between January 1, 2020 to April 1, 

2023. 

9/19/2023 

2023-FSIS-06340-F 9/15/2023 A copy of records regarding all contracts or grants referred 

for investigation, review, inquiry, or Office of the Inspector 

General (OIG) scrutiny due to potential, alleged, or 

confirmed fraud, waste, or abuse (FWA) from 2017 to 

present. 

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2023-FSIS-06360-F 9/15/2023 A copy of all internal policy documents, memorandums or 

guidance pertaining to FOIA processing and procedures, 

FOIA Appeal processing and procedures, and Mandatory 

Declassification Review (MDR) processing Policy and 

Procedures between 2018 and present. 

9/19/2023 

2023-FSIS-06399-F 9/19/2023 A copy of documents sufficient to account for the agency's 

usage and retention policies or directives for official 

communications via Slack, Signal, Microsoft Teams, Lync, or 

any other internal messaging platforms from 2018 to 

present. 

9/19/2023 

2023-FSIS-06633-F 9/28/2023 A copy of records regarding all Records Management SelfAssessment (RMSA) reports generated or submitted to the 

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 

for the past 7 years. 

9/29/2023 

Total No of Requests for 'FSIS' : 173 

Total No of Requests : 173