Resources
Stay on Pace with our Evolving Industry
We believe that food safety is an ongoing commitment. The resources below provide reliable information and guidance to help expand your understanding of industry standards and best practices established by the FDA, USDA, and other regulatory authorities. We encourage continued education as a key component of maintaining a strong food safety culture.
Downloadable Resources
FDA
FSMA Key Facts About PCHF
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FSMA Key Facts on PCAF
145kb
FSMA Sanitary Transporation Rule Implementation
66kb
FSMA Sanitary Transportation Rule Fact Sheet
116kb
FSMA Traceability Rule At-A-Glance
692kb
FSVP Final Rule At-A-Glance
242kb
PCHF Food Facility Type and Applicable Regulations Table 2024-09-11
128kb
FSIS USDA
FSIS HACCP Systems Validation
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FSIS Less Than Daily Sanitation Procedures
73kb
FSIS Recall Plan Booklet
2.3mb
FSIS Sanitation SOP Guide
268kb
FSIS USDA Labeling Policy Book
2.2mb
Other Resources
FDA
FDA Laws & Regulations (CFR access)
This is the statutory backbone. Links directly to the sections of 21 CFR that actually carry legal force. Everything else is commentary orbiting this core.
FDA Guidance Documents (Searchable)
This is where intent lives. Guidance explains how FDA currently interprets the law. Non-binding, yes—but ignoring it is how firms earn long conversations with investigators.
FSMA Main Portal
The organizing hub for preventive controls, supply-chain programs, produce safety, FSVP, and intentional adulteration. If you work in food safety and don’t live here occasionally, something is off.
FDA Compliance Programs & Manuals
This is the inspection playbook. It tells you what investigators are trained to look for, how they sample, and what evidence they collect. Hugely underrated resource.
Warning Letters Database
Real-world enforcement, unfiltered. Patterns emerge fast: sanitation failures, validation gaps, supplier controls, allergen labeling errors. This is the FDA’s feedback loop to industry.
FDA Food Code (Retail & Foodservice)
Not law federally, but enormously influential at the state and local level. If you touch retail, commissaries, or foodservice-adjacent operations, this shapes expectations.
FDA Inspections & Investigations Page
Broad but essential. Covers Form 483s, inspection classifications, recalls, import alerts, and enforcement philosophy.
Recalls, Market Withdrawals & Safety Alerts
This is where hazard theory meets reality. Watching recalls over time sharpens hazard analyses more than any classroom exercise.
FDA Laboratory Methods & Validation (BAM)
The BAM is foundational for microbiological testing expectations. If a lab result is challenged, this is often where the discussion lands.
FDA Constituent Updates & Email Subscriptions
Regulatory change doesn’t announce itself politely. Subscriptions are how you catch guidance updates, rulemakings, and enforcement shifts before they surprise your system.
USDA
FSIS Policy & Regulations (9 CFR, not 21 CFR)
This is the legal backbone for meat, poultry, and egg products. HACCP, SSOPs, sanitation, labeling, recalls—all enforced in real time by on-site inspection personnel.
FSIS Directives & Notices
This is the inspection playbook. Directives tell inspectors exactly how to verify compliance, when to issue NRs, how to collect samples, and how to escalate enforcement.
FSIS Compliance Guidelines
These are USDA’s practical interpretations—pathogen control, lethality, stabilization, allergens, validation, and sanitation performance standards.
FSIS HACCP Resources & Model Plans
Unlike FDA, USDA still expects process-specific HACCP logic, not just hazard categories. These resources show what USDA considers “reasonable.”
FSIS Labeling & Program Delivery Staff (LPDS)
This is where labels are approved, rejected, and quietly debated. It covers generic approval, sketch approval, claims, and special statements.
FSIS Sampling Programs & Microbiology
Covers Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria, STEC sampling programs and trends.
Enforcement Actions & Public Health Alerts
This includes recalls, public health alerts, and enforcement actions specific to USDA-regulated products.
PHIS (Public Health Information System)
This is the system inspectors use daily for NRs, trend analysis, task verification, and enforcement tracking.
Export Library (Country-Specific Requirements)
If you export meat or poultry, this is non-negotiable. Country requirements, certificates, labeling rules—often stricter than U.S. domestic law.
FALCPA (Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act)
This is the FDA’s page on the Act, including the statutory context and implementation details for major food allergen labeling requirements.
FASTER Act (Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act)
FDA’s summary page on how the FASTER Act adds sesame as the ninth major food allergen (with compliance effective Jan 1, 2023).
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