Mississippi Poultry Association, Inc. v. Edward R. Madigan, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture

WIENER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment rejecting the Secretary of Agriculture’s interpretation of a critical inspection standard contained in the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA).1 Like Pertelote, we heed Chanticleer’s2 clarion call to resolve the central issue of this most recent in a long and illustrious line of gallinaceous litigation:3 whether the inter*1361pretation of poultry importation standards by the Defendant-Appellant Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) is entitled to deference under Chevron USA v. Natural Resources…