date:Aug 22, 2013
professor of animal science and lead researcher at Texas Tech University. We started looking at the lymph nodes, which are internal and exempt from current-prevention techniques.
USDA standards for Salmonella in ground beef
The rate of Salmonella-positive tests for ground beef increased each year from 2009 to 2011, according to a 2011 report from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the food-safety branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The agency has been testing for Salmone