Pathogens in poultry products : USDA protection efforts / Rosemarie Chambers, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chambers, Rosemarie.

Contributor:

Chambers, Rosemarie, editor.

Series:

Public health in the 21st century series.

Public Health in the 21st Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Agriculture.

United States.

Foodborne diseases--Microbiology--United States.

Foodborne diseases.

Poultry--Diseases--United States.

Poultry.

Food--United States--Safety measures.

Food.

Meat hygiene--United States.

Meat hygiene.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

USDA is responsible for ensuring the safety of poultry products. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report the U.S. food supply is one of the safest in the world, yet estimate that Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination in food causes more than 2 million human illnesses per year. Poultry products contaminated with pathogens cause more deaths than any other commodity. This book describes actions USDA has taken since 2006 to reduce Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination in poultry products; evaluates USDA's efforts to assess the effects of these actions on the incidence

Contents:

PATHOGENS IN POULTRY PRODUCTS: USDA PROTECTION EFFORTS; PATHOGENS IN POULTRY PRODUCTS: USDA PROTECTION EFFORTS; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: FOOD SAFETY: USDANEEDS TO STRENGTHEN ITS APPROACH TO PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH FROM PATHOGENS IN POULTRY PRODUCTS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; USDA ACTIONS HAVE LARGELY SOUGHT TO REDUCE SALMONELLA IN POULTRY, WITH CAMPYLOBACTER MORE RECENTLY ADDRESSED

IN ASSESSING ITS ACTIONS, USDA DOES NOT HAVE MEASURES FOR ALL POULTRY PATHOGEN STANDARDS TO TRACK PROGRESS IN PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH AND RELIES ON DATA WITH LIMITATIONSCONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II: CASE STUDY OUTBREAK SUMMARY TABLES; APPENDIX III: COMMENTS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; GAO COMMENTS; Chapter 2: FOOD SAFETY PROGRESS REPORT FOR 2013; Chapter 3: SALMONELLA ACTION PLAN; Chapter 4: U.S.-EU POULTRY DISPUTE ON THE USE OF PATHOGEN REDUCTION TREATMENTS(PRTS)

SUMMARYOVERVIEW; U.S.-EU POULTRY TRADE; EU PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF PRTS; U.S. FILING WITH WTO; CURRENT STATUS AND ISSUES; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 27, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-125-4