FSIS uses the establishment profile information to assign both routine and directed inspection tasks, manage inspection assignments, determine eligibility for sampling, and generate FSIS sample requests, automated reporting, and ad-hoc data analysis.
The PHIS Establishment Profile provides critical information about an establishment's processes, products, and operations. This guide explains the importance of maintaining accurate profile information and provides step-by-step instructions for updating the profile.
See FSIS Directive 5300.1, Managing the Establishment Profile in the Public Health Information System for instructions on maintaining the establishment profile.
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On , FSIS will launch an enhanced establishment profile page in the Public Health Information System (PHIS). This is the latest update to PHIS with the goal to make it a more improved and intuitive user interface.
Users include establishment administrators and managers. The PHIS User Guide for Establishment Management provides detailed, role-based, step-by-step instructions about performing all industry tasks within PHIS.
The Establishment Profile is a left navigation menu option that appears after logging in to PHIS and includes a series of sub-links that IPP use to enter data about official establishments, approved import establishments, and other facilities where FSIS provides inspection services.
On a periodic basis, about once a month as scheduled using the PHIS ‘Update Establishment Profile’ task, IIC are to ask establishment management at the weekly meeting whether it has made any changes in the production process or other changes that could affect the safety of the product.
Background The Establishment Profile (EP) is a series of web-pages in PHIS that Inspection Program Personnel (IPP) use to enter data about official establishments and other facilities where FSIS provides inspection services.