Showing posts with label salmonella. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salmonella. Show all posts

Sunday, October 16, 2022

USDA Considers New Poultry Rules to Curb Salmonella Poisoning — ProPublica

After decades of failing to reduce the incidence of one of the most common foodborne illnesses, the U.S. government may finally change the way it regulates salmonella contamination in chicken and turkey...


Saturday, October 30, 2021

America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making People Sick. — ProPublica

…The next day, on Aug. 16, 2019, Arthur Sutton died. The cause was severe blood poisoning and acute organ dysfunction brought on by salmonella… 
… ProPublica found that many plants have repeatedly violated the agency's standards without being shut down or facing any recent public sanction. According to the most recent data, more than a third of the plants producing ground chicken are violating the USDA standard. And many large companies — including Tyson, Pilgrim's Pride, Perdue, Koch Foods and the processors that produce chicken for Costco and Whole Foods — currently have plants with high rates of the types of salmonella most likely to make people sick…

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

CDC sounds alarm over deadly drug-resistant salmonella - CNN

A strain of salmonella that's sickened more than 250 people may not respond to antibiotics commonly prescribed to treat the foodborne infection, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/22/health/drug-resistant-salmonella-cdc-warning/index.html








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