National Chicken Council

Sunday Edition: Salmonella in Poultry

Rules banning Salmonella in poultry have been derailed.

By Bill Marler and Dan Flynn

/ 14 Dec 2025

National Chicken Council comments suggest that processed chicken isn’t an ultra-processed food

Before “ultra-processed foods” can be restricted or eliminated, there’s going to have to be a definition for “ultra-processed foods.” Sounds simple enough. California and one or two other states

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Oct 2025

National Chicken Council comments suggest that processed chicken isn’t an ultra-processed food

Salmonella in poultry issue awaits Brashears’ unscheduled Senate confirmation

The last time Mindy Brashears waited almost 700 days to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety, and be just in time

By Dan Flynn

/ 21 Jul 2025

Salmonella in poultry issue awaits Brashears’ unscheduled Senate confirmation

Chicken lobby wants to delay deadline for commenting on Salmonella regulation

First, the Congressional Chicken Caucus Co-chairs, Representatives Steve Womack, R-AR, and Jim Costa, D-CA, asked USDA Secretary Vilsack for an additional 180 days for comments on the proposed Salmonella Framework

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Sep 2024

Chicken lobby wants to delay deadline for commenting on Salmonella regulation

The deadline for comments on the Salmonella in poultry rule has been extended to Nov. 7

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is extending the deadline for comments on a proposed rule preventing poultry producers from selling chicken and turkey contaminated with high

By News Desk

/ 21 Aug 2024

The deadline for comments on the Salmonella in poultry rule has been extended to Nov. 7

Petition for some USDA-FDA dual work on eggs is denied

The National Chicken Council had to wait for 5 and a half years to learn that USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service had denied a request about using surplus

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Nov 2023

Petition for some USDA-FDA dual work on eggs is denied

The chicken industry has ‘grave concerns’ about the new USDA Salmonella regulation

The chicken industry, represented by the Washington D.C.-based National Chicken Council, is letting the world know it has “grave concerns” about USDA’s plans to declare Salmonella an

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Apr 2023

The chicken industry has ‘grave concerns’ about the new USDA Salmonella regulation

Consumer groups encourage USDA secretary to continue efforts to make chicken products safer

Several groups, including Consumer Reports and STOP Foodborne Illness, have written to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack in support of increased food safety efforts regarding Salmonella in poultry. The groups describe

By Coral Beach

/ 14 Sep 2022

Consumer groups encourage USDA secretary to continue efforts to make chicken products safer

National Chicken Council objects to USDA plan to name Salmonella as adulterant in some chicken products

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) decision to declare Salmonella as an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products is not welcomed by the regulated industry. “NCC

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Aug 2022

National Chicken Council objects to USDA plan to name Salmonella as adulterant in some chicken products

National Chicken Council renews petition for cooking instruction changes

Almost seven years ago, the National Chicken Council (NCC) petitioned the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to adopt regulations establishing labeling requirements for not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) stuffed chicken breast products

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 Mar 2022

National Chicken Council renews petition for cooking instruction changes

Wings or Pizza for Super Bowl LV?

Americans are about to devour a record 1.42 billion wings along with 12.5 million pizzas, also a record, all while watching the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay

By News Desk

/ 29 Jan 2021

FSIS will handle avian leukosis as “trimmable condition”

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service in the future will handle Avian Leukosis as a “trimmable condition,” meaning the carcasses of poultry affected with one or more of the

By News Desk

/ 20 Jul 2020

FSIS will handle avian leukosis as “trimmable condition”

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Sunday Edition: Salmonella in Poultry

National Chicken Council comments suggest that processed chicken isn’t an ultra-processed food

Salmonella in poultry issue awaits Brashears’ unscheduled Senate confirmation

Chicken lobby wants to delay deadline for commenting on Salmonella regulation

The deadline for comments on the Salmonella in poultry rule has been extended to Nov. 7

Petition for some USDA-FDA dual work on eggs is denied

The chicken industry has ‘grave concerns’ about the new USDA Salmonella regulation

Consumer groups encourage USDA secretary to continue efforts to make chicken products safer

National Chicken Council objects to USDA plan to name Salmonella as adulterant in some chicken products

National Chicken Council renews petition for cooking instruction changes

Wings or Pizza for Super Bowl LV?

FSIS will handle avian leukosis as “trimmable condition”