
New Technology Information Table
The use of new technologies has resulted in significant improvements in the safety of meat, poultry, and egg products in recent years. FSIS defines "new technology" as a new, or new application of, equipment, substances, methods, processes, or procedures affecting the slaughter of livestock and poultry or processing of meat, poultry, or egg products. High Pressure Processing, Steam vacuums, steam pasteurization, and antimicrobials are all examples of advances in food safety technology that have occurred in recent years. FSIS encourages continued improvement and innovation in food safety technologies.
FSIS believes that increasing public and industry awareness of the new technologies being used could further promote their use, by small and very small plants in particular, towards improving the safety of meat, poultry, and egg products. Establishments seeking to use these new technologies must accept responsibility for ensuring the continued safety of their workers, their products, and the environment, as well as providing the information necessary for FSIS to examine the impact of the new technology on inspection procedures and safety of inspection program personnel, specific to their establishments operation.
When the use of a new technology would not be possible without a change in the Agency's regulation(s), the Agency may waive the regulation(s) and announce its intent to institute rulemaking to amend its regulation to provide for the new technology.
In an effort to increase public and industry awareness of available new technologies, FSIS is providing a brief summary describing some of the new technologies that it has recently reviewed, and for which FSIS has had "no objection" to its use in FSIS establishments. This listing is updated periodically.
Log Number | Company Name | Summary of the Notification/Protocol Regulatory Waiver (if applicable) |
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2020-135-ING | Purac America | Use of buffered lactic acid to reduce Shiga toxin Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella on beef and pork. |
2020-185-ING | Safe Foods Corporation | An aqueous mixture of peroxyacetic acid and xanthan gum as an antimicrobial in poultry products. |
2021-295-ING | Chemital | An aqueous mixture of sodium diacetate, lactic acid, nisin preparation and pectin as an antimicrobial on ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. |
10-ING-0693-N-A | EnviroTech Chemical Services, Inc. | An aqueous mixture of peroxyacetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP), sulfuric acid and acetic acid for use as an antimicrobial for processed and preformed meat and poultry products (FCN 908). |
2020-2208-ING | Adept Limited | Polyvinyl alcohol based water soluble anal plugs for use in abattoirs in the slaughtering of sheep, lambs, and hogs |
2020-231-ING | Sternchemie GmbH & Co. KG (Sternchemie) | Sunflower lecithin product as an emulsifying agent in meat and poultry |
2020-139-ING | Zee Company | An aqueous peroxylactic acid (PLA) mixture to be used in the processing of meat and poultry (FCN 1946). |
2019-104-ING | BASF | Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) from Schizochytrium sp. strain ONC-T18 (40% DHA algal oil) as an alternative edible oil in meat (including Siluriformes fish products) and poultry products. (GRN 862). |
2021-242-ING | Mara Renewables Corporation | Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) rich algal oil sourced from the wild type heterotrophic microalgae Schizochytrium sp. G3 as an alternative edible oil in the production of various meat, poultry and egg products (GRN 913). |
2021-291-ING | Intralytix Inc. | Bacteriophage preparation (Salmonella targeted (monophage cocktail) as an antimicrobial up to a level of 1 x 10^8 PFU/g of food (GRN 435). |
10-ING-0501-N-A | Proteus Industries, Inc. | Poultry protein when used as a fat blocking ingredient in the coating of finished poultry products of the same species. |
2021-334-ING | Safe Foods Corporation | An aqueous solution of citric and hydrochloric acids for use as an acidifier in process water for red meat processing. |
2021-326-OLR | Safe Foods Corporation | ASSSIT, an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid and sodium sulfate for on-line reprocessing (OLR). |
2021-294-ING | Hydrite Chemical Co. | A proprietary polydimethylsiloxane based antifoaming agent for use in curing solutions and non-curing brine solutions for meat and poultry products. |
2020-215-OLR | Ecolab | An aqueous mixture of peroxyacetic acid (PAA), hydrogen peroxide (HP), acetic acid, 1-hydroxethylidine-1,1-disphonic acid (HEDP), and/or dipicolinic acid (DPA), and optionally, sulfuric acid (FCN 2046) for use in on-line reprocessing |
2020-216-OFLR | Ecolab | An aqueous mixture of peroxyacetic acid (PAA), hydrogen peroxide (HP), acetic acid, 1-hydroxethylidine-1,1-disphonic acid (HEDP), and/or dipicolinic acid (DPA), and optionally, sulfuric acid (FCN 2046) for use in off-line reprocessing. |
2021-249-OLR | SafeQuest Technologies/PSSI Chemical Innovations | Apex Clear, is a mixture of sulfuric acid, sodium sulfate and water for use in on-line reprocessing (OLR). |
2021-250-OLR | Xgenex Labs, LLC | All-O-San, is an aqueous mixture of PAA for use in on-line reprocessing (OLR) (FCN 1638). |
2021-251-OFLR | Xgenex, LLC | All-O-San, is an aqueous mixture of PAA for use in off-line reprocessing (OFLR) (FCN 1638). |
Also Available:
- Summary Table of No-Objection Letters Issued for Non-O157 STEC Test Methods
- Complete Listing of New Technologies
For those interested in using a new technology, direct your request through askFSIS or you may contact the Risk, Innovations, and Management Division directly at:
United States Department of Agriculture
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Risk, Innovations, and Management Division
Patriots Plaza III, Cubicle 8-163A
1400 Independence Ave., SW.: STOP 3782
Washington, DC 20250-3700
Tel: (301) 504-0884
Fax: (301) 245-4793