The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed new rules banning certain poultry products from being contaminated by salmonella bacteria, a move the industry argues would only cost workers their jobs and take convenient products off shelves.
The proposal, released on Tuesday by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), targets breaded, stuffed raw chicken products like chicken cordon bleu or chicken Kiev. The agency said some people might not realize these typically frozen and prebrowned products are not actually cooked, which leads them to believe that the product is safe to eat as is or not cook the product to a temperature needed to kill salmonella….}