USDA urges regulations on salmonella in chicken
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount of salmonella bacteria found in some raw chicken products or risk shutdowns.
The proposed USDA rules announced Monday would declare salmonella an adulterant - a contaminant that can cause food-borne illness - in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products. That includes many frozen foods found in grocery stores that appear to be cooked through but are only heat-treated to set the batter or breading.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the salmonella bacteria sickens 1.3 million Americans each year, puts 26,000 in hospitals and causes 420 deaths.
FAA approves Boeing new 787 Dreamliners
Federal regulators are giving Boeing the green light to soon resume deliveries of its big 787 airliner. That's according to a person familiar with the situation who talked to The Associated Press on Saturday.
Boeing has been forced to stop deliveries of the 787, which it calls the Dreamliner, for most of the last two years because of production problems. But the Federal Aviation Administration is telling Boeing it will approve the company's process for validating retrofits to each plane so they can be delivered to airline customers.
That will create a valuable source of cash for Boeing. The planes are built in Washington state and South Carolina.
German airline pilots may strike over wages
A union says pilots with Germany's Lufthansa have voted in favor of possible strike action. It said Sunday that walkouts can still be avoided but called the result an "unmistakable signal" to the company in a pay dispute.
The Vereinigung Cockpit union is calling for a 5.5% pay increase this year and an automatic adjustment for inflation starting next year. The union said that 97.6% of pilots who took part in a ballot approved its call.
The dispute comes on top of a separate altercation with a union representing Lufthansa ground staff in Germany.
- Compiled by Dave Flessner