The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) each have their own division of labor when it comes to food regulation. When classifying and registering products, it is important for companies to understand the scope of regulation of both organizations.
An overview of the regulatory responsibilities of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA):
🍗 Poultry:
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture: Responsible for poultry, which under the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) includes domesticated birds such as domestic chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl; as well as flat-breasted birds and pigeons, including emu.
FDA Food and Drug Administration: Responsible for non-specified birds such as wild turkeys, ducks and geese.
🍗 Red meat:
USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for the meat of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other domestic equines and their eviscerated and deheaded products for human consumption in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Meat Inspection Act.
FDA Food and Drug Administration: Responsible for non-specified red meats such as bison, rabbit, game animals, zoo animals, and all deer species, including elk and moose.
🍗 Eggs:
FDA Food and Drug Administration: regulates shell eggs and egg processing plants, such as shell eggs from domestic chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, or guinea fowl, as well as the cleaning, grading, and packaging of eggs.
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture: The plant responsible for egg products, such as dried, frozen, or liquid eggs, and their processing, such as egg beating and pasteurization.
🍗 Meat and poultry products:
FDA Food and Drug Administration: regulates products containing less than 21 TP3T of cooked poultry meat or less than 101 TP3T of mixed cooked poultry meat (including skin, offal, fat and less than 21 TP3T of poultry meat).
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture: Responsible for products containing 21 TP3T or more of cooked poultry meat or 101 TP3T or more of mixed cooked poultry meat (including skin, offal, fat, and less than 21 TP3T of animal meat from poultry).
🍗 Other meat products:
FDA Food and Drug Administration: regulates products containing less than 31 TP3T of raw meat, or less than 21 TP3T of cooked meat (or other portions of meat), or less than 301 TP3T of fat, tallow, or meat extract.
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture: Responsible for products containing 31 TP3T or more of raw meat, or 21 TP3T and more of cooked meat, or 301 TP3T or more of fat, tallow or meat extract.
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