Despite industry pushback, a new USDA rule seeks to curb salmonella in poultry, aiming to reduce foodborne illnesses and protect public health. To make lasting progress, regulators, industry, and lawmakers must find common ground and work together.
A government watchdog criticized the Food and Drug Administration for failing to meet the required level of inspections each year, partly caused by disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting finds holes in the system that was to answer concerns over salmonella-related recall from egg plants operated by DeCoster Egg Farms of Iowa. All egg production facilities still are not inspected as required by the plan, the center's investigation finds.
In August 2010, Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa, announced a nationwide voluntary recall of shell eggs. Later that month another Iowa farm owned by Wright County Egg conducted a