Salmonella -- United States
In many important categories, encouraging improvements found in 2011 continued to be evident in the latest data. The prevalence of _Salmonella_ in retail poultry is at its lowest level since testing began in 2002. In ground turkey, the prevalence of _Salmonella_ has declined from a high of 19% in 2008 to 6% in 2014. In retail chicken over the same time period, it has dropped from 15% to 9%.
_Salmonella_ resistance to ceftriaxone (an important antibiotic used to treat seriously ill patients)
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