New data shows a correlation between darkling beetle populations and Salmonella loads in poultry houses, highlighting the importance of pest control in pre-harvest food safety.
“The industry really understands that insects are reservoirs for certain types of diseases. But I think what really hasn’t been clear is how much do they impact that end result,’ Dr. Alissa Welsher, senior monogastric technical consultant, Elanco, said.
“This is one of those things where we know they’re there and we know that they harbor Salmonella, but we didn’t know to what degree.”
There is intense pressure to develop better preharvest approaches to food safety in the poultry industry right now, especially when it comes to Salmonella. Pest management is an often-overlooked area of concern when it comes to food safety in the poultry industry. Read more