USDA-FSIS to conduct Salmonella risk assessments for chicken and turkey
Assessment will help answer risk management questions needed to evaluate and compare public health benefits of policy options for controlling Salmonella.
USDA's Food Safety & Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) is conducting two quantitative risk assessments—one for Salmonella in chicken and one for Salmonella in turkey. The risk assessments will answer the following risk management questions:
Risk management questions reflect the information needed to evaluate and compare the public health benefits of policy options for controlling Salmonella in poultry. These questions are developed when planning risk assessments and are used to guide the development of risk models that are “fit-for-purpose,” i.e., designed to provide relevant information useful for weighing the public health benefits of policy options.