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# Publisher’s Platform: Some light reading about poison chicken
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/10/publishers-platform-some-light-reading-about-poison-chicken/
- Published: 2021-10-30T17:45:01.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-30T17:49:06.000Z
- Author: Bill Marler
- Tags: Opinion & Contributed Articles, Bill Marler, chicken, petition, poultry, ProPublica, Salmonella, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 08:33

###### Opinion

Thank you ProPublica for the searing story about industry’s and government’s failures: [“America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making People Sick”](https://www.propublica.org/article/salmonella-chicken-usda-food-safety?ref=foodsafetynews.com)

I filed the petition more than a year ago, on Jan. 19, 2020, with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), on behalf of Rick Schiller, Steven Romes, the Porter family, Food & Water Watch, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumer Reports.The petition asks FSIS to declare the following Salmonella “outbreak serotypes” as per se contaminants in meat and poultry products:Salmonella Agona, Anatum, Berta, Blockely, Braenderup, Derby, Dublin, Enteritidis, Hadar, Heidelberg, I 4,\[5\],12:i:-, **Infantis,** Javiana, Litchfield, Mbandaka, Mississippi, Montevideo, Muenchen, Newport, Oranienburg, Panama, Poona, Reading, Saintpaul, Sandiego, Schwarzengrund, Senftenberg, Stanley, Thompson, Typhi, and Typhimurium.Reducing salmonellosis from meat and poultry “demands bold action” beyond that yet taken by FSIS.Salmonella is a leading cause of foodborne illness in the United States, causing 1.35 million illnesses, 26,500 hospitalizations, 130 outbreaks, and 420 deaths each year.Here is the original petition – **[FSIS-2020-0007-0001\_attachment\_1](https://www.marlerblog.com/files/2021/10/FSIS-2020-0007-0001%5Fattachment%5F1.pdf?ref=foodsafetynews.com)**