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After a spike of Salmonella infections in the UK, the Food Standards Agency conducted a survey of residents to investigate their sanitation methods while cooking raw, breaded chicken such as nuggets.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced competitive grant funding is now available through the new Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant program.

A Denmark project using whole-genome sequencing (WGS) found that many Campylobacter infections are not sporadic.

A study has been published by the Roslin Institute that pinpointed genes in chickens that could offer resistance to harmful bacteria found in poultry, like Campylobacter.

Levels of Campylobacter in chickens sold by the top nine UK retailers in the first quarter of 2021 were underneath the Food Standards Agency's limit. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will be assessing whether biotech animals are susceptible to pests or diseases or have the ability to transmit them.

Cargill has joined U.S. CattleTrace, with the goal of developing a national infrastructure for tracing animal disease in the U.S. cattle industry.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) says that pork processors will be held to a maximum line speed of 1,106 head per hour starting June 30, 2021.

ZoaShield, by Elanco Animal Health Incorporated, has now been released in the U.S.