U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Marketing People).The U.S. Department of Agriculture has selected a diagnostic system produced by DuPont Co., Wilmington, Del., to test meat, poultry poultry, domesticated fowl kept primarily for meat and eggs; including birds of the order Galliformes, e.g., the chicken, turkey, guinea fowl, pheasant, quail, and peacock; and natatorial (swimming) birds, e.g., the duck and goose. and eggs for salmonella salmonella Any of the rod-shaped, gram-negative, non-oxygen-requiring bacteria that make up the genus Salmonella. Their main habitat is the intestinal tract of humans and other animals. bacteria. The USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. says the BAX system, created by DuPont Qualicon, reduces the reporting time for testing meat products by at least three days compared to the current method. The BAX system has been available to governments, food companies and laboratories since November 2000. |
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