WASHINGTON — USDA's Food Safety & Inspection Service has announced that younger chickens can be labeled as roasters if they meets certain age and weight requirements.
FSIS said the genetic improvements and poultry management techniques have reduced the growout period for some poultry classes resulting in a need for FSIS to amend its standards to more accurately reflect poultry being marketed to consumers.
The amended "roaster" definition states that a "roaster" is a young chicken between eight and 12 weeks of age with a ready-to-cook weight of 5 pounds or more.
FSIS is directing its inspection personnel not. . .
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