Guidance for Industry: Testing for Salmonella Species in Human Foods and Direct-Human-Contact Animal Foods; Availability

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled "Guidance for Industry: Testing for Salmonella Species in Human Foods and Direct- Human-Contact Animal Foods." The document provides guidance to firms that manufacture, process, pack, or hold human foods or direct-human- contact animal foods intended for distribution to consumers, institutions, or food processors. This guidance does not apply to egg producers and other persons who are covered by FDA's final rule "Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production, Storage, and Transportation." The guidance addresses testing procedures for Salmonella species (spp.) in human foods (except shell eggs) 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.