The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday finalized Guidance for Industry (GFI) #273: Defining Durations of Use for Approved Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs Fed to Food-Producing Animals. The guidance provides recommendations for how animal drug sponsors may voluntarily establish defined durations of use for certain antimicrobial drugs that are important in human medicine (medically important antimicrobial animal drugs) and have one or more indications that currently lack a defined duration of use.

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The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) has been awarded nearly $7 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to help expand exports of U.S. poultry and eggs, the agency announced this week. NCC has been a long-standing advocate for full funding for the Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) program in Congress.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 7, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 178,360,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

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National Chicken Council Chairman of the Board David Jackson, Chief Operating Officer of Simmons Foods, has announced the chairs for NCC’s 2026 standing committees.

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President Trump this week signed legislation that would fund the rest of the federal government through September 30, 2026, except the Department of Homeland Security.

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