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April 4, 2025
Line Speed Waiver Extensions Clarification
On March 17, 2025, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins directed FSIS to extend waivers previously granted to certain young chicken and swine slaughter establishments. The extension allows these establishments to maintain faster line speeds while FSIS conducts rulemaking to propose to codify the faster maximum line speeds. FSIS is clarifying that the extension is limited to young chicken and swine establishments currently operating under line speed waivers. Thus, FSIS will not issue new line speed waivers. FSIS previously made clear it was not accepting new poultry or swine line speed waiver requests.
On March 20, 2020, FSIS stopped accepting additional poultry line speed waiver requests because the agency determined that, based on the waivers it had approved and the additional waiver applications under review at that time, enough establishments would be operating under line speed waivers for FSIS to assess the effectiveness of the 2018 line speed waiver eligibility criteria and to determine whether to move forward with rulemaking.
All establishments currently operating under swine line speed waivers were among the establishments that FSIS approved to participate in swine Time-Limited-Trials (TLTs) established in November 2021. While all NSIS swine establishments were invited to apply (and only NSIS swine establishments were invited to apply), FSIS approved six establishments to run the TLTs.
FSIS to Post Quarterly Updates to Establishment-Specific Datasets
Today, FSIS updated the following establishment-specific laboratory sampling datasets:
- Raw Poultry Product Sampling
- Egg Product Sampling
- Raw Beef Product Sampling
- Ready-to-Eat Product Sampling
- Siluriformes Product Sampling
- Raw Pork Product Sampling
- NARMS Cecal Sampling Data
In addition, FSIS updated the following Establishment-specific Datasets on Inspection Tasks:
- Livestock Humane Handling Inspection Tasks
- Poultry Good Commercial Practices Inspection Tasks
Available for Public Comment
FSIS seeks public comments on proposed rules and notices, which are viewable on the FSIS Federal Register & Rulemaking webpage. FSIS is currently seeking comments on the following:
Export Requirements Update
The Library of Export Requirements has been updated for products for the following:
- Mexico
- Hong Kong
- Kyrgyzstan
- Singapore
- Taiwan
- Japan
- Canada
Complete information can be found at the FSIS Import & Export Library.
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