date:Jun 16, 2015
Chicken legs from the US will be sold in Jordan markets again following the scrapping of a packaging rule by the Middle Eastern country.
The sale of US chicken legs had dropped since 2010 after a rule that restricted the weight of packages to 2.5kg (5.5 pounds). However, according to the new rules, packages of up to 15kgs will now be allowed for food processing.
The rule was brought in to protect the local poultry industry and to enhance food safety, as the country feared that chicken legs in b