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 broiler eggs.
The NCC petitioned FSIS
Continue Reading Petition for some USDA-FDA dual work on eggs is denied
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 adulterant in frozen, raw, breaded stuffed poultry products.
Continue Reading The chicken industry has ‘grave concerns’ about the new USDA Salmonella regulation
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 current regulations as “antiquated” and
Continue Reading Consumer groups encourage USDA secretary to continue efforts to make chicken products safer
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 (National Chicken Council) is concerned about the
Continue Reading National Chicken Council objects to USDA plan to name Salmonella as adulterant in some chicken products
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 that may appear to be
Continue Reading National Chicken Council renews petition for cooking instruction changes
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 Buccaneers battle for the Lombardi Trophy.
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 several forms of avian leukosis complex
Continue Reading FSIS will handle avian leukosis as “trimmable condition”
Bill Marler is getting the last word on the petition he filed with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in January, which is on behalf of Rick Schiller, Steven Romes, the Porter Family, Food
Continue Reading Bill Marler’s last word (or maybe not) on the Salmonella petition
I’ve always been partial to shades of gray, possibly because we didn’t get a color TV until I was almost 9 years old. That’s when I discovered that the black, white and gray stripes
Continue Reading Beach Beat: CDC says outbreak’s over; USDA says it’s ‘engaging’ industry; what will chicken producers say?
To get a “speed waiver” to run an “evisceration line” at up to 175 birds per minute, rather than the current 140 bpm, is going to require poultry businesses to jump through a few more
Continue Reading Poultry line speed waivers possible if producers meet new criteria
