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Proposed Determination and Request for Comments: Salmonella in Not-Ready-To-Eat Breaded Stuffed Chicken Products
The United States issued an addendum on 9 December 2025 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/USA/3381. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 2 May 2023. The comment period closed on 11 August 2023.
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Poultry and poultry products
Latest notice (G/SPS/N/USA/3381/Add.5, 9 December 2025)
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Delayed Verification Sampling of Not Ready-to-Eat Breaded Stuffed Chicken Products
FSIS is delaying the implementation of its verification activities related to Salmonella in not ready-to-eat (NRTE) breaded stuffed chicken product because of current testing method limitations. The current available test methods have accuracy limitations and have resulted in findings of false positives, especially at low levels of contamination. At this time, FSIS is not establishing a new implementation date. The duration of the delay will depend largely on whether the Agency is able to refine the current method or develop and validate an alternative method that can be reliably applied in a regulatory context. FSIS will provide advance notice in the Federal Register before beginning verification sampling and testing activities.
The US Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to declare that not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) breaded stuffed chicken products that contain Salmonella at levels of 1 colony forming unit (CFU) per gram or higher are adulterated within the meaning of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA). Although the labeling of these products has undergone significant changes over time to better inform consumers that they are raw and to provide instructions on how to prepare them safely, NRTE breaded stuffed chicken products continue to be associated with Salmonella illness outbreaks. Therefore, FSIS has concluded that domestic public health measures that focus primarily on product labeling and consumer handling practices have not been effective in preventing additional foodborne illnesses associated with NRTE breaded stuffed chicken products. FSIS is also proposing to carry out verification procedures at regulated facilities, including sampling and testing of the chicken component of these products prior to stuffing and breading, to ensure producing establishments control Salmonella in these products. FSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this proposed determination and the proposed verification procedures. FSIS specifically requests comments on alternative bases for determining adulteration of breaded stuffed NRTE products. Please submit comments on or before 27 June 2023. Full text for this Federal Register notice (88 FR 26249) and…
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AddendumG/SPS/N/USA/3381/Add.5
Delayed Verification Sampling of Not Ready-to-Eat Breaded Stuffed Chicken Products
FSIS is delaying the implementation of its verification activities related to Salmonella in not ready-to-eat (NRTE) breaded stuffed chicken product because of current testing method limitations. The current available test methods have accuracy limitations and have resulted in findings of false positives, especially at low levels of contamination. At this time, FSIS is not establishing a new implementation date. The duration of the delay will depend largely on whether the Agency is able to refine the current method or develop and validate an alternative method that can be reliably applied in a regulatory context. FSIS will provide advance notice in the Federal Register before beginning verification sampling and testing activities.
AddendumG/SPS/N/USA/3381/Add.4
Delayed Verification Sampling of Not Ready-to-Eat Breaded Stuffed Chicken Products
FSIS is announcing that it is delaying the date it will begin sampling not ready-to-eat (NRTE) breaded stuffed chicken products for Salmonella and delaying the date establishments need to reassess their Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plans for these products from 1 May 2025 to 3 November 2025. This additional time is necessary for FSIS to finalize its instructions to inspectors and prepare its inspection program personnel (IPP) and laboratories for the new sampling and testing. In addition, this additional time is necessary for FSIS to provide industry with guidance on holding and controlling products pending FSIS' sampling results.
AddendumG/SPS/N/USA/3381/Add.3
Proposed Determination and Request for Comments: Salmonella in Not-Ready-To-Eat Breaded Stuffed Chicken Products
The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its final determination that not ready-to-eat (NRTE) breaded stuffed chicken products that contain Salmonella at levels of 1 Colony Forming Unit per gram (hereinafter, '1 CFU/g') or higher are adulterated within the meaning of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA). FSIS is also announcing that it intends to carry out verification procedures, including sampling and testing of the raw incoming chicken components used to produce NRTE breaded stuffed chicken products prior to stuffing and breading. Full text for this Federal Register notice (89 FR 35033) can be accessed at: This final rule, published on 1 May 2024, will be effective on 1 May 2025.
AddendumG/SPS/N/USA/3381/Add.2
Comment deadline: Closed on 11 August 2023
Proposed Determination and Request for Comments: Salmonella in Not-Ready-To-Eat Breaded Stuffed Chicken Products
The US Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is extending the comment deadline on the Proposed Determination and Request for Comments on proposing to declare Salmonella an adulterant in not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) breaded stuffed chicken products. The deadline for comments was first extended to 27 July 2023. The Proposed Determination and Request for Comments will be open for comments for an additional 15 days to 11 August 2023. FSIS is proposing to declare that NRTE breaded stuffed chicken products that contain Salmonella at levels of 1 colony forming unit (CFU) per gram or higher are adulterated within the meaning of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA). Although the labeling of these products has undergone significant changes over time to better inform consumers that they are raw and to provide instructions on how to prepare them safely, NRTE breaded stuffed chicken products continue to be associated with Salmonella illness outbreaks. Therefore, FSIS has concluded that domestic public health measures that focus primarily on product labeling and consumer handling practices have not been effective in preventing additional foodborne illnesses associated with NRTE breaded stuffed chicken products. FSIS is also proposing to carry out verification procedures at regulated facilities, including sampling and testing of the chicken component of these products prior to stuffing and breading, to ensure producing establishments control Salmonella in…
CorrigendumG/SPS/N/USA/3381/Corr.1
Proposed Determination and Request for Comments: Salmonella in Not-Ready-To-Eat Breaded Stuffed Chicken Products: Correction
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is publishing a correction to a proposed determination that published on 28 April 2023. The correction inserts missing information on how to access the proposed determination's Cost Benefit Analysis on the USDA FSIS website. Dates This correction (88 FR 42684) is effective 3 July 2023. The Proposed Determination and Request for Comments will be open for comments until 27 July 2023. For Further Information Contact Rachel Edelstein, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development, FSIS, USDA; Tel: +(202) 205 0495. Supplementary Information Correction In the Federal Register of 28 April 2023, in FR Doc. 2023–09043, on page 26267, in the first column, under the heading V. Anticipated Costs and Benefits Associated With This Proposed Determination, USDA FSIS is correcting the statement '[t]he full analysis is published on the USDA FSIS website as supporting documentation to this Federal Register Notice ([insert link])' to provide the information on how to access the full Cost-Benefit Analysis. The correct link to this information is:
AddendumG/SPS/N/USA/3381/Add.1
Comment deadline: Closed on 27 July 2023
Proposed Determination and Request for Comments: Salmonella in Not-Ready-To-Eat Breaded Stuffed Chicken Products
The US Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is extending the comment deadline on the Proposed Determination and Request for Comments on proposing to declare Salmonella an adulterant in not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) breaded stuffed chicken products. The deadline for comments was originally 27 June 2023. The Proposed Determination and Request for Comments will be open for comments for an additional 30 days, until to 27 July 2023. FSIS is proposing to declare that NRTE breaded stuffed chicken products that contain Salmonella at levels of 1 colony forming unit (CFU) per gram or higher are adulterated within the meaning of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA). Although the labeling of these products has undergone significant changes over time to better inform consumers that they are raw and to provide instructions on how to prepare them safely, NRTE breaded stuffed chicken products continue to be associated with Salmonella illness outbreaks. Therefore, FSIS has concluded that domestic public health measures that focus primarily on product labeling and consumer handling practices have not been effective in preventing additional foodborne illnesses associated with NRTE breaded stuffed chicken products. FSIS is also proposing to carry out verification procedures at regulated facilities, including sampling and testing of the chicken component of these products prior to stuffing and breading, to ensure producing establishments control Salmonella in…
Regular notificationG/SPS/N/USA/3381
Comment deadline: Closed on 27 June 2023
Proposed Determination and Request for Comments: Salmonella in Not-Ready-To-Eat Breaded Stuffed Chicken Products
The US Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to declare that not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) breaded stuffed chicken products that contain Salmonella at levels of 1 colony forming unit (CFU) per gram or higher are adulterated within the meaning of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA). Although the labeling of these products has undergone significant changes over time to better inform consumers that they are raw and to provide instructions on how to prepare them safely, NRTE breaded stuffed chicken products continue to be associated with Salmonella illness outbreaks. Therefore, FSIS has concluded that domestic public health measures that focus primarily on product labeling and consumer handling practices have not been effective in preventing additional foodborne illnesses associated with NRTE breaded stuffed chicken products. FSIS is also proposing to carry out verification procedures at regulated facilities, including sampling and testing of the chicken component of these products prior to stuffing and breading, to ensure producing establishments control Salmonella in these products. FSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this proposed determination and the proposed verification procedures. FSIS specifically requests comments on alternative bases for determining adulteration of breaded stuffed NRTE products. Please submit comments on or before 27 June 2023. Full text for this Federal Register notice (88 FR 26249) and…
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