Updated FPPS Chicken Parts, Frozen

The Agricultural Marketing Service has posted an updated Chicken Parts, Frozen Federal Purchase Program Specification (FPPS). Updates include replacing the kosher chicken cut-up with a new product kosher leg quarters, adjusting the chicken cut-up WOG range, allowing a thigh or drumstick added to Leg Quarters to complete weight, increasing the date processed from 60 to 90 days, allowing an alternative to verify carcass weight, expansion of UPC codes to identify primary and secondary containers, adding sesame allergen, contractor checkloading, and the vendor option allowing either grading or auditing certification.