The not ready-to-eat breaded, stuffed chicken products that are the target of new USDA regulations to declare Salmonella as an adulterant have often been the source of Salmonella outbreaks.

According to a new study, from 1998–2022, 11 Salmonella outbreaks linked to these products were reported; 57 percent of samples per

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released a proposed determination to declare Salmonella an adulterant in breaded stuffed raw chicken products when they exceed a very low level of Salmonella contamination. This announcement is a significant first step that builds on FSIS’ proposed

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The chicken industry, represented by the Washington D.C.-based National Chicken Council, is letting the world know it has “grave concerns” about USDA’s plans to declare Salmonella an adulterant in frozen, raw, breaded stuffed poultry products.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on April 25 said it plans to declare Salmonella

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Consumer Reports is supporting a proposal announced April 25 by the USDA to declare salmonella an adulterant in breaded stuffed raw chicken products at low levels so that the agency can more effectively respond to foodborne illness outbreaks. CR praised the proposed rule as an important first

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USDA today took another step to make the products it regulates safer by banning some poultry products from being contaminated with a pathogen that causes foodborne illness in people. Since May 2022, it’s been known that the Biden Administration was going to come out with a new Salmonella in

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A series of Salmonella outbreaks in the United Kingdom caused by breaded chicken products from Poland could have affected up to 5,000 people, officials have revealed.

The UK-wide outbreaks resulted in more than 1,000 confirmed illnesses in 2020 and 2021 with potentially as many as 4,000 additional cases which were

Continue Reading UK Salmonella outbreaks from breaded chicken sickened thousands and cost millions

PITTSBURGH, PA — Whether you call it a baby step or a significant stride, the federal government is taking action to clean up the chicken people in America eat.

With an announcement today the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said it will be declaring all strains of Salmonella an

Continue Reading FSIS takes on Salmonella in certain chicken products; hopes to publish something by fall

Researchers have tested frozen breaded chicken products in England following a Salmonella outbreak, finding several contaminated items and types of the bacteria, according to a recent report.

A Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak involving several strains occurred in 2020 with more than 400 reported cases in the UK. Public health agencies in
Continue Reading Post-outbreak testing finds Salmonella in frozen breaded chicken; hundreds were sickened