Reducing the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to eating chicken has been on ongoing challenge for the industry and the source of regulatory concern.
“Right now, there’s not a lot of companies tracking serotypes very vigorously, but I think that the new regulations are going to drive folks to start looking at serotypes a lot harder,” said Don Ritter, DVM, owner, Poultry Business Solutions LLC. Ritter will discuss how emerging technologies may be harnessed to improve health and food safety outcomes for both broilers and humans at the 2024 Chicken Marketing Summit. Registration is now open with early savings available.
Why monitoring could be crucial
There is intense pressure to develop better preharvest approaches to food safety in the poultry industry right now, especially when it comes to Salmonella. In October 2022, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) proposed framework to reduce Salmonella that indirectly expands the department’s regulatory control. Read more