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Friday, May 26, 2023
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing to declare salmonella as an adulterant in breaded stuffed raw chicken products, barring their sale if they exceeded a limit for the bacteria.
The American poultry sector is awaiting a spring spike in detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza, leading industry and government officials to wonder if the disease has pivoted from an occasional concern to a permanent part of raising birds in the United States.
Grocery prices rose 0.2% in December, driven in part by another spike in the cost of eggs and an increase in beef prices that helped offset declines in many other categories.
USDA economists are increasing their estimate of food price inflation this year and for 2023, saying that prices will rise more slowly next year but still above the historical average.
Charges have been dismissed against two former Pilgrim’s Pride executives in a long-running case where the Justice Department had alleged price-fixing in the poultry industry.
Food safety officials at the Department of Agriculture say new steps offered Friday will reduce salmonella contamination from poultry, but the ideas have a long path ahead of them before becoming established protocols at the nation’s processing facilities.
Supermarket prices rose another 0.7% last month, driven by continued increases in nearly every category in the store, and food costs are now up 13% over the past year.
Comments submitted to USDA revealed sharp divisions over the department's proposed rule aimed at improving transparency in poultry contracts and the tournament payment system used in the industry.
Grocery prices jumped another 1.3% in July, led by continued increases for dairy products, baked goods and other items, and are up 13.1% over the past year, the largest increase in supermarket costs in more than 43 years.
