The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) withdrew the proposed Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products, which was introduced during the previous administration.
In a document for the Federal Register, FSIS said it received 7,089 comments concerning the proposal, most of which appeared to be part of organized letter writing campaigns, while there were 1,415 unique comment letters.
“The issues that generated the most comments, both positive and negative, included those associated with FSIS’ legal authority to propose the final product standards, the proposed Salmonella levels and serotypes for the final product standards, the proposed use of SPC monitoring, the scientific and technical information used to support the proposed framework, the potential economic impacts of the proposed framework, and the potential impact of the proposed framework on small poultry growers and processors,” FSIS stated. Read more