To help you prepare safe meals, we are holding a Live Facebook Thanksgiving chat today at 3:00 pm EST with a holiday food safety expert from the Food Safety Inspection Service.

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The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service annually certifies that each state program meets these standards.

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As it stands, however, lungs are "considered an inedible item" in the US, says a spokesman for the Food Safety and Inspection Service.

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Chickens can pass the bacteria to eggs because the eggs leave hens through the same passageway as feces, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

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Jacque Knight, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, said federal officials are going over records at the Columbus, Nebraska, plant where the meat was produced and that the recall could grow even more.

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