USDA to name poultry plants with Salmonella problems - (CIDRAP News)
February 6, 2008 – 5:59 pmThe US Department of Agriculture (USDA) says it is preparing to begin publishing the names of poultry and meat plants that have trouble controlling Salmonella, as the agency extends a set of policy changes designed to reduce the prevalence of the pathogen in meat.
Starting Mar 28, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will publish online the names and test results for plants where more than 10% of product samples are found to have Salmonella contamination, the agency announced last week. That step will focus first on broiler (young) chicken plants, which have had the most difficulty with Salmonella.
The USDA said the coming changes are the result of a Salmonella-control initiative it launched 2 years ago, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that Salmonella had become the most common foodborne pathogen, accounting for 38.6% of cases. USDA had seen an upward trend in Salmonella contamination […]
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