Source: Coral Beach, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 1/26/21


Citizen watchdog groups are joining forces with victims of foodborne illness in a petition seeking “enforceable standards” for slaughterhouses when it comes to Salmonella contamination of poultry. Four groups have come together to file the petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Those groups are the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), the Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Reports (CR), and Stop Foodborne Illness (STOP). Several individual victims of foodborne illness are also among the petitioners.

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