Food Safety and Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C. 20250-3700

Pathogen Reduction/HACCP & HACCP Implementation

November 2, 2000

HACCP-BASED INSPECTION MODELS PROJECT

Model Phase Performance Standards for Young Chicken Plants

Performance Standard Categories	Performance Standards
FS 1 -- Condition -- Infectious (For example: septicemia, toxemia)	Zero *
FS 2 -- Contamination – Digestive Content (fecal material)	Zero **
OCP-1 -- Condition - Animal Diseases* (For example: airsacculitis, arthritis, ascites, avian leukosis complex, avian tuberculosis, cadaver, enteritis, erysipelas, inflammatory process, nephritis, osteomyelitis, other tumors (carcinoma, sarcoma, etc.) pericarditis, pneumonia, reportable disease, salpingitis, tenosynovitis)	1.7%
OCP-2- Condition – Miscellaneous (for example: breast blister, bruises, external multilation, fractures, overscald, sores, scabs, and localized inflammatory process)	52.5%
OCP-3 - Contamination - Digestive Content (for example: ingesta)	18.6%
OCP-4- Dressing Defects – Other (for example: extraneous material—other, feathers, lung, oil gland, and trachea, bile)	80.0%
OCP-5- Dressing Defects – Digestive Tract Tissue (for example: bursa of fabricius, cloaca, crop, esophagus, intestine)	20.8%

* Conditions exhibiting a septicemia or toxemia are considered food safety hazards.

**Actual percentage FS-1 - 0.1% and FS-2 – 1.5% FSIS has a zero tolerance policy

Model Phase Performance Standards for Young Turkey Plants

Performance Standard Categories	Performance Standards
FS 1 -- Condition -- Infectious (for example: septicemia, toxemia)	Zero*
FS 2 -- Contamination – Digestive Content (fecal material)	Zero **
OCP-1 -- Condition - Animal Diseases* (for example: airsacculitis, arthritis, ascites, cadaver, enteritis, erysipelas, generalized inflammatory process, neoplasms, nephritis, osteomyelitis, pericarditis, pneumonia, tenosynovitis)	1.23%
OCP-2- Condition – Miscellaneous (for example: breast blister, bruises, external multilation, fractures, overscald, sores, scabs, and localized inflammatory process)	56.56%
OCP-3 - Contamination - Digestive Content (for example: ingesta)	12.65%
OCP-4- Dressing Defects – Other (for example: extraneous material—other, feathers, lung, oil gland, and trachea, bile)	95.87%
OCP-5- Dressing Defects – Digestive Tract Tissue (for example: bursa of fabricius, cloaca, crop, esophagus, intestine)	7.5%

* Conditions exhibiting a septicemia or toxemia are considered food safety hazards.

**Actual percentage FS – 2 – 0.29% FSIS has a zero tolerance policy

Performance Standard Categories	Performance Standards
FS-1—Condition – Infectious (for example: septicemia/toxemia, pyemia, cycticercus)	Zero*
FS-2 – Condition – Digestive Content/Milk (for example: fecal material, ingesta, milk)	Zero**
FS-3 – Ante-mortem Suspect (for example: neurologic conditions, moribund, pyrexic, severe lameness)	Zero
OCP-1 – Carcass- Pathology* (for example: arthritis, emaciation,, erysipelas,localized abscess, mastitis, metritis, mycobacteriosis, [M Avium], neoplasms, pericarditis, pleuritis, pneumonia, uremia)	4.1%
OCP-2 – Visceral Pathology* (for example: cystic kidneys, enteritis/gastritis, fecal contamination of viscera, nephritis/pyelonephritis, parasites—other than Cysticercus, peritonitis)	7.2%
OCP-3 – Miscellaneous (for example: anemia/Pale Soft Exudative pork, bile, bruise, edema, external mutilation, fractures, icterus, odor, skin lesions, scabs, untrimmed hair, toenails not removed)	20.5%

*Conditions exhibiting a septicemia or toxemia are considered food safety hazards

** Actual percentage FS – 2 – 2.6% FSIS has a zero tolerance policy