Program Design

Data from two differently designed studies are included here.

• The Nationwide Young Chicken Microbiological Baseline Data Collection Program establishes an updated profile of Salmonella in young chickens as currently produced under Federal inspection. The results on the presence of Salmonella are expressed as a national average relative to slaughter volume. This approach is similar to the earlier FSIS Nationwide Microbiological Baseline Data Collection Programs for steers and heifers, cows and bulls, market hogs, broiler chickens, and young turkeys.