BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Just how safe is the poultry on your plate? Each year, more than 1.3 million Americans get sick from salmonella, and chicken and turkey are often to blame.
And the problem isn’t going away. Brian Ronholm, food policy director at Consumer Reports, says that’s exactly why stronger regulations are needed now more than ever!
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…