0583-AD60 201510 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0583 Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Classes of Poultry

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed to amend the definition and standard of identity for the roaster or roasting chicken poultry class to better reflect the characteristics of roaster chickens in the market today. Roasters or roasting chickens are described in terms of the age and ready-to-cook (RTC) carcass weight of the bird. Genetic changes and management techniques have continued to reduce the grow-out period and increased the RTC weight for this poultry class. Therefore, FSIS proposed to amend the roaster definition to remove the 8-week minimum age criterion and increase the RTC carcass weight from 5 pounds to 5.5 pounds. This action is being taken in response to a petition submitted by the National Chicken Council.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 9 CFR 381.170 (a) (1) (iii) Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 457 (b)) No NPRM 08/19/2015 80 FR 50228 NPRM Comment Period End 10/19/2015 Final Action 06/00/2016 No None No No No No Rosalyn Murphy-Jenkins Director, Labeling and Program Delivery Staff (LPDS) 0583 Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS 301 504-0879 202 245-4792 rosalyn.murphy-jenkins@fsis.usda.gov Office of Policy and Program Development, Patriots Plaza 3, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 8-148, Mailstop 5273, Washington DC 20250-5273