Data Collection and Reports

Table 27: Percent Positive Salmonella Tests for RTE meat and poultry, CY 2011

	ALLRTE	RTE001	Summary of All Projects
Percent Positive Salmonella Tests for RTE meat and poultry, Calendar Year 2011*
Number of Samples	3,293	8,864	12,157
Number of Positives	3	8	11
Percent Positive ^a	0.09	0.09	0.09

* Starting in the fourth quarter of CY 2009, a new complex product coding system was put into effect and as a result the RTE data will be reported by project rather than by product category. Comparison to CY 2008 data can be done by using the project summary data.

^a (Number Positive/Number Analyzed x 100) in 325 grams of tested product

Table 28: Percent Positive L. monocytogenes Tests for RTE meat and poultry, CY 2011

	ALLRTE	RTE001	RlmProd	Summary by All Projects
Percent Positive Listeria monocytogenes Tests for RTE meat and poultry, Calendar Year 2011*
Number of Samples	3,295	8,885	1,973	14,153
Number of Positives	8	27	3	38
Percent Positive ^a	0.24	0.30	0.15	0.27

FSIS

Food Safety and Inspection Service

United States Department of Agriculture

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Table 27: Percent Positive Salmonella Tests for RTE meat and poultry, CY 2011