SALMONELLA SEROTYPE INCIDENCE COMPARISON

A recent FSIS sponsored paper supports the Agency’s position that the control of salmonella in chicken products is an important step for reducing the incidence of human Salmonella infections in the United States. The paper, developed in response to public comment declaring an absence of evidence correlating young chicken carcass salmonella serotypes and human Salmonella infections in the United States, compared CDC outbreaks from chicken products, CDC serotype-specific salmonellosis rates, and FSIS Salmonella serotype incidences in young chickens. FSIS reports it will continue to provide opportunities for discussion on this issue. A full copy of the paper is available at (www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Serotype_Incidence_and_Salmonellosis.pdf