Previously CHICK-NEWS reported on the January 2020 petition submitted by Attorney Bill Marler, supported by activist groups, to declare thirty serotypes of Salmonella as adulterants within The Federal Meat Inspection Act and The Poultry Products Inspection Act*. Declaring thirty serotypes as adulterants would effectively cripple the broiler and turkey industries and it is therefore appropriate for the NCC to file an opposing petition.
In the documents submitted to the FSIS under signature of Dr. Ashley B. Peterson, Senior Vice President, Scientific and Regulatory affairs on May 22nd, the NCC stated "we believe that all regulatory action related to food safety, including performance must be lawful and based on sound science". The NCC added "the actions requested in the petition represent "a procedurally improper change to longstanding and unequivocal Agency policy that would contradict court precedent dating back decades”.
*Docket #FSIS-2020-007: Petition for interpretive rule declaring outbreaks serotypes of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica to be adulterants.