Tuesday, May 11, 2010

LA Times Article - Poultry safety standards tightened

By Andrew Zajac
May 11, 2010

The Agriculture Department unveils new rules meant to reduce cases of campylobacter infection and salmonella poisoning.

Poultry processing plants will have to reduce the number of chicken and turkey carcasses that test positive for the toxic bacteria salmonella and campylobacter under new federal rules intended to prevent tens of thousands of food-borne illnesses each year.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-salmonella-20100511,0,143840.story

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