FSIS-FOIA Monthly Report 

Received between 02/01/2021 and 02/26/2021 

Request ID Request Description Requester 

Name 

Received 

Date 

Action Office: FSIS 

2021-FSIS-00167-F A copy of records regarding pre-market label approval process 

for Waterhill Organics seasoned cooked roast beef, from 

January 2016 to February 1, 2021. 

Sutherland, 

Erin 

02/01/2021 

2021-FSIS-00168-F A copy of all notifications to inspectors in charge from 

Salmonella Initiative Program participants that they are 

operating at line speeds higher than 140 birds per minute, 

from February 23, 2018 to September 30, 2019. 

O'Flaherty, 

Rachel 

02/01/2021 

2021-FSIS-00169-F A copy of records regarding all Quarterly Establishment 

Information Letters, from January 1, 2019 to December 30, 

2020. 

Bloch, Sam 02/01/2021 

2021-FSIS-00170-F A copy of records regarding Jennie-O Turkey establishments 

in Minnesota and Wisconsin, from January 1, 2017 to 

February 1, 2021. 

Lowrey, Will 02/01/2021 

2021-FSIS-00171-F A copy of records regarding noncompliance, food safety 

assessments, and administrative action data, from January 1, 

2021 to January 31, 2021. 

Hogan, Jo 02/02/2021 

2021-FSIS-00172-F A copy of records regarding Perdue Farms, Inc., from May 8, 

2020 to February 1, 2021. 

McCapes, 

Emma 

02/01/2021 

2021-FSIS-00173-F A copy of records regarding Transworld Food Service, LLC, 

and Emilia Foods, LLC, from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 

2020. 

Retter, Eric 02/01/2021 

2021-FSIS-00174-F A copy of records regarding the pre-market label approval 

process for True Story Organics oven roasted turkey breast, 

from January 2016 to February 3, 2021. 

Sutherland, 

Erin 

02/03/2021 

2021-FSIS-00175-F A copy of records regarding Gemstone Foods, Decatur, 

Alabama, from March 25, 2013 to February 4, 2021. 

Benschoter, 

Amy 

02/04/2021 

2021-FSIS-00176-F A copy of records regarding RCF, LLC, Jackson, Mississippi, 

from October 14, 2011 to February 4, 2021. 

Benschoter, 

Amy 

02/04/2021 

2021-FSIS-00177-F A copy of records regarding pre-market label approval process 

for Waterhill Organics oven roasted turkey breast, from 

January 2016 to February 4, 2021. 

Sutherland, 

Erin 

02/04/2021 

2021-FSIS-00178-F A copy of personnel records. Argo, Kaye 02/08/2021 

2021-FSIS-00179-F A copy of employment records regarding an FSIS employee. Bobo, Lane 02/08/2021 

2021-FSIS-00180-F A copy of records regarding all communications with Louis 

Anthony Cox, Jr., AKA Tony Cox, and/or Cox Associates LLC 

from January 1, 2018 to February 8, 2021 and information on 

routine activities and answers to a questionnaire focused on 

slaughter line speeds, from July 2, 2018 to July 12, 2019. 

O'Flaherty, 

Rachel 

02/08/2021 

2021-FSIS-00181-F A copy of records regarding export data pertaining to the 

number of 9060-6 by Establishment number for calendar year 

2020. 

Lang, 

Leonard 

02/08/2021 

2021-FSIS-00182-F A copy of records regarding the names of the (76) slaughter 

and processing establishments where USDA-FSIS identified an 

outbreak strain of Salmonella Infantis between 2018 to 2019. 

Bloch, Sam 02/08/2021 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021-FSIS-00183-F A copy of records regarding pre-market approval process for 

True Story Organics uncured applewood smoked ham, from 

January 2016 to February 8, 2021. 

Sutherland, 

Erin 

02/08/2021 

2021-FSIS-00184-F A copy of employment records regarding an FSIS employee. Ross, 

Christopher 

02/10/2021 

2021-FSIS-00185-F A copy of records regarding the inspection, which was 

conducted by an FSIS Investigator, requested by the 

Requester on or about April 1, 2020 regarding mislabeled 

meat product from ShopRite, Niskayuma, New York. 

02/10/2021 

2021-FSIS-00186-F A copy of records regarding Forte Frozen, Orlando, Florida, 

from January 1, 2015 to February 9, 2021. 

Carr, Peter 02/10/2021 

2021-FSIS-00187-F A copy of records regarding the results from the Salmonella 

verification testing program conducted between 1996 and 

2014 for all raw poultry commodities sampled by FSIS. 

Eskin, 

Sandra 

02/10/2021 

2021-FSIS-00188-F A copy of employment records regarding an FSIS employee. Mitchell, 

Sarina 

02/12/2021 

2021-FSIS-00189-F A copy of records regarding the total number of ante-mortem 

condemned hogs recorded at (10) Establishments: (1) 

location at Seaboard/Triumph Foods in Iowa; (4) locations at 

Tyson Fresh Meats in Iowa; Smithfield Fresh Meats in 

Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois; and Triumph Foods in 

Missouri, from May 16, 2019 to October 17, 2019. 

Eisnitz, Gail 02/16/2021 

2021-FSIS-00190-F A copy of records regarding the associated metadata for the 

publicly released genomic sequences of Salmonella serotype 

Dublin. 

Weimer, 

Bart 

02/17/2021 

2021-FSIS-00191-F 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. 

Monahan, 

Christine 

02/17/2021 

2021-FSIS-00192-F 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. 

Monahan, 

Christine 

02/17/2021 

2021-FSIS-00193-F A copy of records regarding the data generated between 

October 2020 and January 2021 by FSIS for all 3 test kits 

(BAX, MDS, BioRad) to make the procurement decision 

associated with the Request for Proposal (RFP) # 

123A9420Q0017, which was sent out on January 14, 2021. 

Stephens, 

Tyler 

02/18/2021 

2021-FSIS-00194-F A copy of records regarding drug sponsor practicable methods 

for the following drug sponsors: Quo Vademus, LLC; Zoetis 

Inc.; and Phibro Animal Health Corporation. 

Roloff, Erika 02/18/2021 

2021-FSIS-00195-F A copy of records regarding a list of the slaughterhouses that 

have converted to the New Swine Inspection System as of 

February 19, 2021. 

O'Flaherty, 

Rachel 

02/19/2021 

2021-FSIS-00196-F A copy of records Triple T Specialty Meats, Ackley, Iowa 

pertaining to recall of ready-to-eat chicken salad products, 

from January 2, 2018 to February 7, 2018. 

Nielsen, 

Peter 

02/19/2021 

2021-FSIS-00197-F A copy of records regarding all written communications 

between the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, its 

agents and assigns, and the North American Meat Institute, 

its agents and assigns, between February 16 and 19, 2021. 

Corrigan, 

Zachary 

02/19/2021 

2021-FSIS-00198-F A copy of records regarding data pulled from PHIS Export 

System for Americold establishments. 

Lang, 

Leonard 

02/23/2021 

2021-FSIS-00199-F A copy of records regarding data on Custom Exempt beef 

processing facilities that have the ability to process beef or 

are currently processing beef. 

Musumba, 

Mark 

02/23/2021 

2021-FSIS-00200-F A copy of records regarding animal abuse and/or animal 

welfare violations, inspection reports from all slaughter 

Santurio, 

Alicia 

02/24/2021 
 

 

 

 

 

facilities and at concentrated animal feeding operations 

(CAFOs) in the state of California, from January 1, 2016 to 

February 24, 2021. 

2021-FSIS-00201-F 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. 

Monahan, 

Christine 

02/24/2021 

2021-FSIS-00202-F A copy of records regarding ammonia leak occurring on 

January 10, 2020 at Lineage Logistics, Statesville, North 

Carolina. 

Huber, 

Jennifer 

02/25/2021 

2021-FSIS-00203-F A copy of records regarding Direct Action Everywhere and 

communications between FSIS and Smithfield Foods and/or 

Iowa Select Farms, from January 1, 2016 to February 26, 

2021. 

Klapper, 

Bonnie 

02/26/2021 

2021-FSIS-00204-F A copy of records regarding the FSIS Consumer Complaint 

Monitoring System (CCMS), from January 1, 2002 to February 

26, 2021. 

Chadde, Sky02/26/2021 

Total No of Requests for 'FSIS': 38