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25% of Chicken Allowed To Have Salmonella | Los Angeles Times (lemmy.ml)
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Source: https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2025-10-30/salmonella-is-widespread-in-ground-poultry-the-usda-knows-it-and-does-nothing-to-stop-it

Clip from an article that says: "The report also suggests that the federal government’s standards for acceptable levels of salmonella are unduly high, and potentially put American poultry consumers at risk. For ground chicken, the USDA allows 25% of samples at a plant to be contaminated. For ground turkey, 13.5%. Chicken parts should not exceed 15.4% of samples contaminated, while the number is 9.8% for whole chickens. “I don’t know, but seems common sense to me that if you allow for a lot of salmonella, a lot of people are going to get sick,” said Bill Marler, an attorney with Marler Clark, a national food safety law firm."
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[–] 20 points 2 months ago (6 children)

WHAT THE FUCK CAN I EAT?!

Jalapeños, lettuce, chicken, eggs, I know I'm missing a recent plant that started spreading something last month.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

    Frozen blueberries, rice....

    Clorox scented diluted cleaning products also have bacteria in them, hence recalls...

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    ...RICE?!

    I knew about different levels of arsenic present in American-grown rice, especially brown rice, which is why I switched to Basmati and Jasmine rice. What else happened to rice?!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    The bleach was not recalled, only scented Mistolin Dilutable Cleaners and scented Lestoil Heavy Duty Multi-Purpose Cleaner.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Sorry, thanks for correcting me. I got too doomer and got lazy, but I should hold myself up to basic standards.

    Yeah, Clorox produces these products, but the bleach itself is fine, it's just these two cleaners and only the ones sold in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

    Clorox is recalling about 6.3 million bottles of scented Mistolin Dilutable Cleaners and scented Lestoil Heavy Duty Multi-Purpose Cleaners over concerns the products may be contaminated with dangerous bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The recall was announced Sept. 3 and covers products sold in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands at major retailers including Walmart, Sam’s Club and Costco.

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