Campylobacter and Salmonella are common causes of food poisoning often associated with poultry. They’re not considered legal adulterants so its okay for companies to produce and sell poultry with some amount of these bacteria on them, but until not there weren’t established limits on the the bulk of poultry products consumers buy.
In 1996,the USDA set standards for Salmonella and Campylobacter on ground poultry sand whole birds, but last week it never had standards for poultry sold in pieces such as breasts, wings and drumsticks despite the fact that poultry pieces account for 80 percent of consumer poultry purchases
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