Understanding the Raw Beef Grind Law

1. UNDERSTANDING
THE RAW
BEEF GRIND LAW

2. October 1, 2016
The date the USDA started to require all
beef grinders to track and maintain a
ground beef production log.

3. THE
"GRIND
LAW"
Requires raw beef grinders to record
suppliers, product name, and more
(More details ahead)
Forces beef grinders to keep an
accurate log of the date and time raw
beef is ground and when equipment
and surfaces are cleaned and sanitized

4. $15.6
billionCost of US foodborn
illnesses a year.
1 in 6Americans were effected
FOODBORNE
ILLNESSES

5. PICKING
ON
GROUND
BEEF

6. "Ground beef can be
produced from materials
from multiple
suppliers, and multiple
production lots."
U S D A

7. Grinding beef with
equipment that hasn't
been properly
cleaned increases the
chances of pathogens

8. WHAT RAW
BEEF
GRINDERS
NEED TO
KN O W

9. WHAT TO
RECORD
Establishment numbers of the supplied beef
Supplier lot numbers and production dates
Names of what was supplied
Date and time each lot of beef is ground
Cleaning and sanitation dates of equipment
and contacted surfaces

10. RECORD
STORAGE
USDA
Kept at location where raw beef was
ground unless a "person conducts such
business at multiple locations, he may
maintain such records at his
headquarters’ office."

11. Sources
USDA Webinar Slides on Grind Law
Food Safety News - USDA's new take on the
daily grind
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