The USDA is planning to reduce some Salmonella testing for poultry products for the coming fiscal year, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. In a 33-page sampling plan for fiscal year 2024, the ...

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are continuing their efforts to control Salmonella contamination in poultry products and reduce foodborne ...

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is continuing its sampling plan and has published updates for the 2025 fiscal year. The plan is designed to leverage technological and sampling advances ...

However, while it is true that the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) withdrew a proposal aimed at reducing salmonella in raw poultry products, that withdrawal did not leave salmonella ...

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USDA has tightened its guidance on validating animal-raising and environment-related claims on meat and poultry labeling in response to criticism that companies were making claims without backing them ...

Tip Top Poultry, Inc. is recalling more than 135,000 pounds of fully cooked poultry products shipped nationwide after a sample produced by the company tested positive for listeria monocytogenes, the U ...

For the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has declared salmonella an adulterant in raw breaded stuffed chicken products when it exceeds a ...

When preparing or "dressing" raw chicken for cooking, care must be taken to prevent salmonella and other infections. Poultry is a popular pick to grace the dinner table. However, if not properly ...

USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing changes it will make in its procedures for Listeria monocytogenes(Lm) product sampling programs in ready-to-eat meat and poultry products.

In late April and early May 2025, social media users claimed that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would no longer require companies to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products. The ...