1. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS POULTRY TECHNICAL MEETING Laura Hulsey, DVM Patty Bennett, DVM 29 September 2008

2. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 2 BACKGROUND Poultry Public meetings to address upward trend in Percent Positives for Broilers –Pre-Harvest Meeting; August 2005 –Post-Harvest Meeting: February 2006 2006 FRN announcing 11 initiatives

3. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 3 BROILER ESTABLISHMENTS BY CATEGORY** CATEGORYNumber of Establishments Percent of Total 114679% 23529% 332% Total184100% **Preliminary data current as of 26 September 2008

4. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 4 GROUND CHICKEN ESTABLISHMENTS BY CATEGORY** CATEGORYNumber of Establishments Percent of Total 1323% 2969% 318% Total13100% **Preliminary data current as of 26 September 2008

5. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 5 TURKEY ESTABLISHMENTS BY CATEGORY** CategoryNumber of Establishments Percent of Total 13592% 238% 300% Total38100% ** Preliminary data current as of 26 September 2008

6. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 6 GROUND TURKEY ESTABLISHMENTS BY CATEGORY** CategoryNumber of Establishments Percent of Total 11976% 2624% 300% Total25100% ** Preliminary data current as of 26 September 2008

7. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 7 PRODUCT CLASS BY CATEGORY

8. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 8 IDENTIFIED PROBLEM Salmonella prevalence Vertical Transmission in Broiler production –Salmonella Enteritidis –Salmonella Heidelberg

9. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 9 TOOLS TO ADDRESS PROBLEM Identifying PFGE patterns from isolates Predictive Analytics Epi-investigations

10. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 10 DATA SHARING What information does FSIS not have that Industry can share? What are the 1 or 2 questions we can ask industry when completing a Salmonella set? What can we learn from SE program in Egg Industry? Third Party blinded if necessary

11. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 11 FUTURE FSIS DIRECTION Need to better predict what is going in order to get answers sooner Want to PREVENT rather than REACT Adapt sampling algorithm to address emerging trends or identified “Hot Spots” Better use of PHV training in the field

12. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 12 MEETING OBJECTIVES Determine how to better utilize all available data Engage all stakeholders Explore on-farm strategies

13. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 13 PROPOSED OUTCOME Share with Industry production practices that influence outcome Produce guidance for industry Create a working group to continue dialog –Initial Focus: Poultry Industry –Future Focus: Other industries

14. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 14 QUESTIONS FOR BREAKOUT GROUPS How can we explore more fully Salmonella data? What data could we use to drive predictive analytics? What information do we have, but do not use? What do we not have that industry might share with FSIS?