# National Poultry Improvement Plan and Auxiliary Provisions
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Final rule. · Published 2018-06-19 · Effective 2018-07-19 · 83 FR 28351
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-13128
- **Category:** meat-poultry
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 28351
- **CFR reference:** 9 CFR 145
- **Publication date:** 2018-06-19
- **Effective date:** 2018-07-19
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. APHIS-2017-0055
## Abstract

We are amending the regulations governing the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) by updating and clarifying several provisions, including those concerning NPIP participation, voting requirements, testing procedures, and standards. The changes in this final rule were voted on and approved by the voting delegates at the Plan's 2016 National Plan Conference.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/19/2018-13128/national-poultry-improvement-plan-and-auxiliary-provisions)
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