USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service this week announced an extension of its Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products to January 17, 2025.
Initially proposed for October 7, 2024, the deadline was then extended by 30 days to November 7 following a request for extension filed in August from the National Chicken Council.
Highlighting the inadequacy of that extension, Congressional Chicken Caucus co-chairs Steve Womack (R-AR) and Jim Costa (D-CA) sent a letter on September 3 requesting a further 180-day extension. NCC also sent a follow-up request for time.
Even consumer food safety groups requested an extension beyond November 7, with Stop Foodborne Illness, Consumer Reports, the Consumer Federation of America, and the Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition Security at The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health sending USDA a letter requesting a six-month extension from November 7, 2024. That letter can be found here.
