Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production, Storage, and Transportation (Layers With Access to Areas Outside the Poultry House): Questions and Answers Regarding the Final Rule; Guidance for Industry; Availability
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled "Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production, Storage, and Transportation (Layers with Access to Areas Outside the Poultry House): Questions and Answers Regarding the Final Rule." The guidance is intended to provide information to egg producers on certain provisions contained in FDA's final rule entitled "Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production, Storage, and Transportation" (the egg rule) that reference the "poultry house." Specifically, the document provides guidance to shell egg producers whose production systems provide laying hens with access to areas outside of a "poultry house" as that term is defined in the egg rule.
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