By Keith Nunes, Meat + Poultry
Gradual is an apt descriptor for food safety policy change in the United States. Regulatory programs are put in place that improve the safety of ingredients and products incrementally as new learnings or technologies emerge. But occasionally food safety policy takes a significant step forward.
The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) declaration April 26 that Salmonella is an adulterant in certain chicken products and the understanding the Department will declare Salmonella in other poultry-based products an adulterant may be one such moment. Read more