FDA – Guidelines Testing for Salmonella Species in Human Foods and Direct-Human-Contact Animal Foods

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This guidance is intended for firms that manufacture, process, pack or hold human foods or direct-human-contact animal foods intended for distribution to consumers, institutions, or food processors, in the USA. Although it does not apply to egg producers which have separate guidance.

The purpose of this guidance is to address testing procedures for Salmonella species (Salmonella spp.) in human foods and direct-human-contact animal foods, and the interpretation of test results, when the presence of Salmonella spp. in the food may render the food injurious to human health.