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Those trying to stop human illnesses from poultry won’t give up

By Dan Flynn on June 5, 2022

The petitioners who believe that listing 31 illness-causing Salmonella serotypes as contaminants in meat and poultry products aren’t likely to take “no” as an answer.

Bill Marler (publisher of Food Safety News), attorney for …
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‘Big Six’ banned 9 years ago are getting their due with E. coli testing

By News Desk on June 15, 2020

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) plans to expand its routine verification testing to include six Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (non-O157 STEC; O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, or O145) that are adulterants.

The action…
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The petition perspective from one catbird seat

By Coral Beach on January 26, 2020
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Julie Larson Bricher recently wrote an article on MeatingPlace.com outlining a petition that asks the USDA to declare 31 Salmonella serotypes as adulterants in meat and poultry. The move would make what is now…
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Beach Beat: The faces behind the petition

By Coral Beach on January 20, 2020
Opinion

If you haven’t heard, a Seattle attorney is petitioning the USDA to make it illegal to sell meat and poultry that is contaminated with Salmonella. 

Yep, as of right now — and who knows…
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Marler ups the ante on meat industry; petitions USDA to ban 31 Salmonella strains

By Dan Flynn on January 20, 2020

Attorneys representing the Center for Science in the Public Interest sued USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service in 2014 because the agency would not declare the most dangerous Salmonella strains as adulterants.

But after only…
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Publisher’s Platform: Anything that causes food poisoning should be considered an adulterant

By Bill Marler on December 13, 2018
Opinion

An additional 87 ill people from 16 states were included in this investigation since the last update on Nov. 15. States with newly reported illnesses include: Michigan, Mississippi, and West Virginia.

As of Dec.
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Reality of our world: Money trumps altruism in the quest for safer poultry

By Carl Custer on November 13, 2018
Opinion

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part opinion piece. To read part one, please click here.


In the previous article, I wrote about the decades-old public health problem of poultry-borne salmonellosis.
Continue Reading Reality of our world: Money trumps altruism in the quest for safer poultry

Food Fraud: Money Scam and Health Hazard

By Beth Krietsch on November 10, 2014

Despite the common belief that food fraud in the United States is a rarity, the globalized nature of our food supply chain means many of our favorite foods and ingredients travel far and wide before…
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Congresswomen Propose Solution to Issue of Pathogens as Adulterants

By Lydia Zuraw on June 26, 2014

Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY) are introducing a bill in the House of Representatives that would give the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) the authority to declare any…
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Fight Over Salmonella and Adulterants Spills Into the Chicken Coop

By James Andrews on January 24, 2014

2013 was a standout year for Foster Farms, though not for the right reasons. The West Coast poultry giant was tied to two multi-state Salmonella outbreaks this past year, each making national headlines and together…
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