USDA FSIS Constituent Update - FSIS’ Criteria for Consideration of Waiver Requests from Young Chicken Slaughter Establishments to Operate at Line Speeds Up to 175 Birds Per Minute

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FSIS’ Criteria for Consideration of Waiver Requests from Young Chicken Slaughter Establishments to Operate at Line Speeds Up to 175 Birds Per Minute
As we recently said in the denial of a petition requesting the waiver of maximum line speeds for certain poultry slaughter establishments operating under the New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS), FSIS is making available criteria that it will use to consider waiver requests from NPIS young chicken establishments to permit these establishments to test new equipment, technologies, or procedures that will allow them to maintain process control at faster line speeds.