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Clean Up Those Contaminated Chicken Parts, USDA Tells Industry

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Right now, according to government surveys, about a quarter of the cut-up chicken you buy — and about half of all ground chicken — is contaminated with salmonella bacteria.

It's a surprisingly high number, and it was a surprise to the USDA's food safety officials, too, when they realized this about a year ago. Because up to that point, their efforts had been focused on whole chickens, rather than the cut-up parts.

There's a legal limit on the percentage of whole chicken carcasses that can be contaminated with salmonella.


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