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Federal Register Publications
Updated August 14, 2000 

FSIS Constituent Update/Alert
Updated August 11, 2000

Library of Export Requirements
Updated August 11, 2000

News Releases
Updated Aug. 15, 2000

Recall Information Center
Updated Aug. 14, 2000 (retail)

Speeches Page
Updated July 17, 2000

U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page
Updated August 11, 2000

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• Recorded Video Streaming of the Memorial Service Held August 8, 2000 is available on the USDA Web site (http://www.usda.gov/events/avevents.htm). RealPlayer required for viewing; a free version may be downloaded from http://www.real.com

• Statement by Thomas J. Billy at Press Briefing, July 19, 2000
• Inaccuracies in News Articles Concerning HACCP-Based Inspection Models (HIMP), July 2000
• News Release: New Slaughter Inspection System Improves Food Safety (July 17, 2000)
• Backgrounder: Accomplishments of the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project, July 2000
• HACCP-Based Inspection Models Page - historical and background information

• Be Smart. Keep Foods Apart -- Don't Cross-Contaminate is this year's theme for NFSEM. Materials for educators are now available at http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fs-mon00.html 

National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR)

• Status of the FSIS Reinvention Goals - Updated May 2000

• California Grocery Recalls Ground Beef Products for Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination (August 14, 2000)
• Canadian Ground Beef Products Recalled For Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination (August 8, 2000)
• Idaho Firm Recalls Sliced Ready-to-Eat Products For Possible Listeria Contamination (August 8, 2000)
• Pennsylvania Firm Recalls Ground Beef For Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination (August 5, 2000)

• FSIS Announces Availability of In-Distribution Materials and Requests Comments (August 15, 2000)
• California Man Sentenced For Assaulting FSIS Officials (August 9, 2000)
• McCaskey Becomes New Supervisor of FSIS Laboratories (August 2, 2000)
• Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables to Hold Public Meeting (August 2, 2000)
• Memorandum for the Secretary: Report on Civil Rights Listening Sessions (July 31, 2000)

New or Revised Publications

• Backgrounder: Transition to the FSIS Workforce of the Future (August 2000)