AMSA announced that Ms. Kendra Waldbusser, Dr. Martin Wiedmann and Dr. Dayna Harhay will be the featured speakers in the symposium entitled “Poultry to Pork — Lessons Learned with Salmonella” on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, during the 74th AMSA Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada, USA. This session will be sponsored by Smithfield Foods.
Kendra Waldbusser, Head of Food Safety and Quality Assurance at JBS Pilgrim's Pride, will kick off this technical session with an overview of “Current Broiler Chicken Practices and How They can Potentially Apply to the Pork Industry in the U.S.” In the U.S., the broiler chicken industry has been working with USDA performance standards for Salmonella for over 25 years. In her talk, Waldbusser will briefly discuss learnings the U.S. broiler industry has had including baseline sampling, development of performance standards, categories of performance, modernization of inspection, intended use of products, and more that might apply to the U.S. pork industry.