Food Safety and Inspection Service

"FSIS" redirects here. The term may also refer to Finnish Security Intelligence Service.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Logo of the FSIS parent agency: The United States Department of Agriculture
Agency overview
FormedMarch 14, 1977; 47 years ago (1977-03-14)
Preceding agency
  • Food Safety and Quality Service (FSQS)
HeadquartersJamie L. Whitten Building
1400 Independence Ave SW
Washington, D.C.
Employees10,000
Agency executives
Parent agencyDepartment of Agriculture
Websitewww.fsis.usda.gov

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is the public health regulatory agency responsible for ensuring that United States' commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. The FSIS draws its authority from the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906, the Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957 and the Egg Products Inspection Act of 1970.

Food products under the jurisdiction of the FSIS, and thus subject to inspection, are those that contain more than 3% meat or 2% poultry products, with several exceptions,[1] and egg products (liquid, frozen or dried). Shell eggs, meat and poultry products not under the jurisdiction of the FSIS are under the jurisdiction of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FSIS is led by the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety.

  1. ^ "Food Standards and Labeling Policy Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 5, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2008.