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June has brought the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) updated Guideline for Controlling Salmonella in Swine Slaughter and Pork Processing Establishments.

The revised guidance addresses public comments that were received in response to the previous version and includes new scientific…

Continue Reading New guidelines suggest Salmonella controls for swine slaughter and pork processing
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. This article will propose declaring the virulent strains that are pathogenic to humans as adulterants…
Continue Reading Reality of our world: Money trumps altruism in the quest for safer poultry