FSIS forbids buying, selling, transporting, or importing of what kind of birds that died other than by slaughter?

• A. Dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry, or poultry products
• B. Freshly slaughtered poultry
• C. Baby chicks
• D. Organic poultry

Answer: (A)

FSIS prohibits marketing any birds that died other than by slaughter because such birds and their products pose clear food-safety and disease-risk concerns. Dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry can harbor pathogens and toxins, and they have not undergone the safeguards of proper inspection. Requiring that only poultry slaughtered under inspection enter commerce helps ensure safety, traceability, and consistent sanitary controls. Freshly slaughtered poultry, when properly inspected, is eligible for sale, whereas organic status or selling baby chicks do not override the restriction on birds that died outside of slaughter. Therefore, the rule targets dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry and any poultry products derived from them.