date:May 29, 2014
Agriculture Tom Vilsack to U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
Vilsack was responding to their April letter expressing concern over food safety standards and urging USDA to develop better ones that would significantly reduce the levels of Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry.
FSIS is investigating the appropriateness of Campylobacter performance standards for comminuted poultry, his letter continued. (Comminuted to USDA means any non-bread