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• @usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 2026-09-06 14:25

  Fair, like the USDA has knowingly allowed Salmonela rates to be quite high for a while For ground chicken, the USDA allows 25% of samples at a plant to be contaminated. For ground turkey, 13.5%. Chicken parts should not exceed 15.4% of samples contaminated, while the number is 9.8% for whole chickens. […] When inspectors find a plant has exceeded the salmonella standard, there is very little they can do except note it. The agency has no authority to enforce the standards. latimes.com/…/salmonella-is-widespread-in-ground-… For an example of inaction Since Costco’s Fremont plant opened in 2019 it has consistently failed the USDA’s monthly rolling tests for salmonella, receiving the worst Category 3 rating 92% of the time, the report says. Over a more recent period, from September 2023 through July 2025, the Fremont plant received a Category 3 rating 100% of the time, the director of Farm Forward, Andrew deCoriolis, tells Sentient, suggesting that contamination rates are getting worse sentientmedia.org/costco-chicken-plant-keeps-fail…

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