Salmonella – a needle in a haystack?

Salmonella has been high on the poultry industry’s hit list for many years, not only because of the impact on human health, but also because of its devastating effect on flock morbidity and mortality, gut health, feed conversion and profitability. Now, with the final text of the USDA’s New Poultry Inspection System demanding critical control points and testing to ‘prevent Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination, rather than address contamination after it occurs’, the hunt