The extension was first granted in November 2023 as a 90-day extension.

Currently six pork processing plants operate under the time-limited trial, allowing for line speeds above 1,106 head per hour.

The questionnaire must be completed in the Public Health Information System (PHIS) by Aug. 18.

Throughout the study, 11 state labs each bought 15 samples of product per month at nearby retail stores.

The National Chicken Council expressed concern that the proposed policy shift would shutter poultry processing plants.

The ready-to-eat meat snacks include FDA regulated chocolate wafers that have been recalled for containing an undeclared allergen, peanut butter.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a public health alert that fully cooked summer sausage produced by Trimble, Mo.-based Paradise Locker Meats, might be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically plastic.

Following the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) declaration of Salmonella as an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products, the National Chicken Council delivered its public comments to the agency.