USA: Broiler Salmonella Positive Rates Rise
28 January 2010
Salmonella positive rates at broiler establishments increased to 7.1 percent second-quarter 2009, up from 5.2 percent in second-quarter 2008, according to the FSIS’s 2009 third-quarter progress report on Salmonella testing of selected raw meat and poultry products.
The report includes preliminary data from July through September 2009 on all establishments eligible for Salmonella testing that have completed at least two sampling verification sets since June 2006.