The Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957 ( P.L. 85–172, as amended) requires the

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Food Safety and Inspection Service The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is the public health regulatory agency responsible for ensuring that United States' commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg pro ...

(FSIS) to inspect all domesticated birds when slaughtered and processed into products for human consumption. By regulation, FSIS has defined domesticated birds as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and

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were added in 2001. The primary goals of the law are to prevent

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or misbranded

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and products from being sold as food, and to ensure that poultry and poultry products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. These requirements also apply to products produced and sold within states as well as to imports, which must be inspected under equivalent foreign standards (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.).

Amendments to 1957 Act

U.S. Congressional amendments to the Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957.

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Amendments to 1957 Act

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