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USDA rules can't control widespread salmonella in poultry
Los Angeles Times
|November 03, 2025
A new report based on government inspection documents shows salmonella is widespread in U.S. grocery store chicken and turkey products. But because of how the pathogen is classified, the federal government has no authority to do much about it.
"ALL CHICKEN is safe to eat when properly handled and cooked," an industry spokesperson says.
Farm Forward, an organization that advocates for farmworker rights and humane farm practices, released a report last week that examined five years of monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture inspections at major U.S. poultry plants. It found that at many plants, including those that process and sell poultry under brand names such as Foster Farms, Costco and Perdue, levels of salmonella routinely exceeded maximum standards set by the federal government.
“The USDA is knowingly allowing millions of packages of chicken contaminated with salmonella to be sold in stores from major brands,” said Andrew de Coriolis, the organization’s executive director.
Some 13 million Americans are sickened each year by eating salmonella-contaminated food, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most people have only mild symptoms, but others suffer diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. Roughly 19,000 people are hospitalized annually, and an estimated 420 die from the infected food.
Chicken and turkey account for nearly a quarter of all salmonella infections, according to a 2021 government report on food illness.
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service inspects poultry plants monthly. The new report shows that five U.S. poultry plants exceeded maximum allowable salmonella contamination every month from 2020 to 2024. These included a Carthage, Mo., turkey plant owned by Butterball; a Dayton, Va., turkey plant owned by Cargill Meat Solutions; and a chicken plant in Cunning, Ga., that is owned by Koch Foods. A Costco chicken producer, Lincoln Premium Poultry, exceeded the standard in 54 of 59 inspections.
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