A survey was conducted to determine the incidence of salmonellae in processed, ready-to-market, whole young chickens. Carcasses from 15 federally inspected chickens eviscerating plants were analyzed using a carcass washing technique for determining the presence of salmonellae. The results obtained during the 1979 incidence survey were compared to results obtained in an identical 1967 Salmonella survey. In the 1967 study, salmonellae were isolated from 171 ot the 597 (28.6%) whole chickens tetrathionate broth rinsings analysed. In the 1979 study, 222 of 601 (36.9%) of similarly analysed chicken samples were positive. Percentile positive findings from individual plants range from 7.5 to 73.7% in 1967 and from 2.5 to 87.5% in 1979.

A Salmonella survey was conducted to determine its incidence in fresh pork sausage. Retail size samples representing different days of production were collected from 40 federally inspected plants and analyzed for the presence of salmonellae. The results obtained during the 1979 survey were compared to results obtained in a similar 1969 survey. Salmonellae were isolated from 162 of the 566 (28.6%) samples analyzed in 1969. For the samples analyzed in 1979, 74 of 603 samples (12.4%) were positive for salmonellae. The reduction of 16.2% over 1969 indicates a reduction in the incidence of Salmonella in this product for the firms tested.