Consumer Reports analyzed USDA data and identified 56 poultry plants in 22 states with high Salmonella contamination levels. Some of the worst-performing plants supply major brands like Tyson, Perdue, ...

Washington, DC—The US Department of Agriculture continues to allow birds to be mutilated by machinery, slammed against walls, and buried alive in slaughterhouses without holding the industry ...

Washington, DC—The US Department of Agriculture’s inadequate, haphazard oversight of the treatment of chickens and turkeys at slaughter has led to the widespread mistreatment and suffering of birds at ...

USDA testing data has placed attention on a poultry facility that supplies Costco’s popular $4.99 rotisserie chicken. USDA has flagged high Salmonella levels at Costco’s main rotisserie chicken ...

Data reveals which poultry plants have a greater risk of contamination — but experts say that processing isn't what matters most for your safety. Korin Miller has spent nearly two decades covering ...

In late April and early May 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would no longer require companies to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products ...

Costco's $4.99 chicken has been one of its major calling cards, and the warehouse club has gone to extreme steps to keep it at that price point. "Costco is willing to go to extreme lengths to keep its ...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins addresses the National Association of Counties legislative conference, March 4 (USDA photo) Agriculture Department officials said Thursday they're focusing their efforts to ...

Some of the worst offenders supply major brands with national reach, such as Perdue, Tyson, Costco, and H-E-B. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom ...