Source: USDA, Lydia Zuraw FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 8/1/14 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture published the final rule of its  Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection on Thursday, requiring all  poultry processing plants to engage in additional microbiological  testing and establishing the New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS), which  companies can choose to opt into or not.

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