Agency: USDA Economic Research Service (ERS)
Action: Withdrawal of Proposed Rule Effective April 25, 2025
Why it matters: Effective April 25, 2025, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) withdrew the proposed rule and proposed determination called the “Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products. The proposed rule and proposed determination was initially published in the Federal Register on Aug.7, 2024. After reviewing 7,089 comments on the proposed framework, FSIS believes that the comments raised several important issues that warrant further consideration. The comments received also included alternative approaches other than the proposed 2024 framework.