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 in a letter.
The National Chicken Council (NCC) wants at least a 90-day extension of the comment period for the
Continue Reading Chicken lobby wants to delay deadline for commenting on Salmonella regulation
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 levels of certain Salmonella.
Nov. 7 is the new deadline for comments on the proposed rule on reducing Salmonella in raw
Continue Reading The deadline for comments on the Salmonella in poultry rule has been extended to Nov. 7
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 on May 8, 2018, requesting that the USDA agency coordinate with the U.S. Food and
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.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on April 25 said it plans to declare Salmonella
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 encourage the secretary to move forward to develop new and enforceable standards that are product
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 precedent set by this abrupt shift in longstanding policy, made without supporting data, for a
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 ready-to-eat (RTE) and to issue a Compliance Guideline for developing and communicating validated cooking instructions
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.
The National Chicken Council’s annual Wing Report predicts a 2 percent increase in wing consumption for
Continue Reading Wings or Pizza for Super Bowl LV?
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 will no longer be condemned.
The change comes in response by FSIS to a March
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 & Water Watch, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumer Reports.
He’s waited for the formal
Continue Reading Bill Marler’s last word (or maybe not) on the Salmonella petition
