NACMCF provides impartial scientific advice to federal food safety agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), among others. In light of FSIS’ ongoing efforts to reduce Salmonella infections attributable to poultry, which includes a new regulatory framework that was proposed in October 2022 and elaborated upon in April 2023, the purpose of the newly published report from NACMCF is to provide guidance to FSIS and the poultry industry on types of microbiological criteria that might be used to identify and incentivize effective pre- and postharvest Salmonella intervention strategies. The report takes into consideration scientific evidence on Salmonella control in the U.S. and abroad, foodborne illness surveillance data, quantitative microbial risk assessments, and microbiological testing of indicator organisms versus Salmonella on poultry throughout the farm‐to‐fork continuum.