USDA Announces Plans for New Rulemaking for Chicken Processing Line Speeds

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced new actions to reduce burdens on U.S. chicken processing facilities, allowing for greater efficiency …

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Poultry Industry Safety Recognition Award Applications Being Accepted

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Joint Poultry Industry Safety Award Program is currently accepting applications from poultry industry facilities with outstanding safety programs. The program is open …

Questions and Answers about Antibiotics in Chicken Production

Raising healthy chickens is important to us, and we recognize that consumers want to better understand how their food is raised. Chicken is America’s favorite …

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Americans to Eat More than 1.3 Billion Chicken Wings for Super Bowl

National Chicken Council calls on President Trump to declare day-after Super Bowl a national holiday Washington, D.C. – Will Americans be ‘winging it’ for the …

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NCC Releases White Paper on Salmonella Performance Standards, Categories

History In 1996, as part of the Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems; Final Rule, FSIS introduced the Salmonella verification program, …

NCC Submits Comments on Cell-Cultured Meat Products

The National Chicken Council (NCC) on December 26 submitted comments to USDA’S Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) emphasizing the importance of coordinating regulatory efforts between …