Foul Fowl: Salmonella in Chickens
The bacteria Salmonella is the leading cause of food-borne illness in the United States with nearly a million cases of salmonellosis attributed annually to meat and poultry consumption Food & Water Watch obtained the Salmonella testing results through the Freedom of Information Act. We report here on: the performance trends in the broiler chicken industry; the relative performance of the largest seven broiler chicken companies, and; plants that failed to meet USDA’s Salmonella standards between 1998 and 2005.
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- 2006
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