27 Aug 2020 --- Current poultry food safety guidelines for Salmonella – the leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks – are inadequate, according to a new study by Thomas Oscar, USDA Agricultural Research Service. The poultry industry currently uses Salmonella prevalence or positivity rate as an indicator of food safety, but there are many other factors that influence the level of risk to public health. The study concludes that a more holistic approach to poultry food safety is needed to better protect the public from such foodborne pathogens.