AMS Revises Standards for Roaster Chickens
The Agricultural Marketing Service is amending its poultry standards to eliminate the 8-week minimum age requirement for the “roaster and roasting chickens” class and increase the minimum weight for the class to 5.5 pounds. The final rule aligns AMS poultry standards with amended standards issued by the Food Safety Inspection Service in 2016 (see 1604120023). The AMS final rule took effect Aug. 6.
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(Federal Register 08/06/18)