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title: "Salmonella: Is Mash Feed Part of the Problem?"
description: More than 700 isolations of Salmonella were found in UK feedstuffs in 2019; 91 were from compound feeds and 622 from feed ingredients.
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# [Salmonella: Is Mash Feed Part of the Problem?](https://www.anitox.com/news/salmonella-is-mash-feed-part-of-the-problem)

 Written by [Anitox](https://www.anitox.com/news/author/anitox) | Dec 14, 2020 7:30:00 PM

UK eggs have a great reputation. A good safety record and positive press in recent years has helped increase consumption. But we take nothing for granted. Low Salmonella incidence will always be a direct result of focus on biosecurity, shared by producers, feed suppliers and others. 

Given that feed - and especially mash feed - is a proven fomite for Salmonella that goes from a central point to every bird house in an operation, why take the risk? We asked feed pathogen control specialist and Anitox Technical Director Simon Carlton to shed some light on issues.

[Continue Reading Here](https://www.anitox.com/hubfs/Marketing%20Collateral/Published%20Articles/Ranger%20Article%20-%20Simon%20Carlton.pdf)

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