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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 (food)|egg]] products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. The FSIS draws its authority from the [[Federal Meat Inspection Act|Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906]], the [[Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957]] and the [[Egg Products Inspection Act of 1970]]. The FSIS also acts as a national health department and is responsible for the safety of public food-related establishments as well as business investigation.
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,<ref>{{cite web|title=Food Standards and Labeling Policy Book|url=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/larc/Policies/Labeling_Policy_book_082005.pdf|access-date=September 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205112343/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/larc/Policies/Labeling_Policy_Book_082005.pdf|archive-date=February 5, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> and egg products (liquid, frozen or dried). [[Shell egg|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]].
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