After a period of increased sampling and testing for species of products from Iceland, Ireland, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Northern Ireland, as well as beef trimmings from Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua and Uruguay, the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has resumed normal sampling and testing procedures pursuant to FSIS Notice 34-14. The period of increased sampling and testing lasted from April 1, 2013 to April 1, 2014. No species substitute was found by FSIS during this period. Import inspection personnel are directed to no longer to request unscheduled species type of inspections (TOI) as previously outlined in FSIS Notice 25-13.
