USDA Axes Rule On Testing Poultry For Salmonella

CBS News reports:

The United States Department of Agriculture is withdrawing a rule proposed in August to help prevent food poisoning from poultry contaminated with salmonella.

The Biden Administration effort, which had been in development for three years, would have required poultry companies to keep levels of salmonella bacteria under a certain threshold and test for the presence of six strains most associated with illness. If any of those strains were found or standard levels were exceeded, the poultry couldn’t be sold and would be subject to recall, the proposal had said.

In an update posted Thursday, the department’s Food Safety and Inspection Services said it was withdrawing the proposed rule “to further assess its approach for addressing Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry product.”

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