USDA Issues Report on New Vietnam Poultry Standards

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service released a report May 11 on Vietnam’s new national standard for poultry meat imports that took effect earlier this year. The revised standards include new definitions and requirements for raw materials, production, food safety, quality, labeling, packaging, transportation and more. It also includes a “zero tolerance” for salmonella on chilled poultry meat, USDA said.