In late April and early May 2025, social media users claimed that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would no longer require companies to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.

The USDA has backed down from a proposed rule aimed at making poultry safer, which would have classified some salmonella-contaminated poultry as "adulterated." Each year, more than 1.3 million ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a new rule that aims to protect consumers from foodborne illnesses by significantly reducing salmonella in poultry products that make it onto ...

In 2022, Consumer Reports found salmonella in nearly one-third of the ground chicken it tested, and in some turkey samples, too. The results pointed to serious gaps in federal food safety oversight.

In 2022, Consumer Reports found salmonella in nearly one-third of the ground chicken it tested, and in some turkey samples, too. The results pointed to serious gaps in federal food safety oversight.

On July 15, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke L. Rollins, announced a “comprehensive plan to bolster U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat.

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service sent the letter to Foster Farms, based in Livingston, Calif. At least 278 cases of salmonella have been reported, most of them in California.

Salmonella bacteria, shown here in a computer-generated illustration, can turn up in poultry. In April, the Trump administration withdrew a Biden-era USDA proposal to lower Salmonella levels in ...