LAUSR

Dear Prof. Noah, The Sampedro et al. [1] publication addresses an important issue in Salmonella control. It is very relevant today, given the renewed efforts by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reduce Salmonella illnesses attributable to poultry (https://www.usda.gov/media/pressreleases/2021/10/19/usda-launches-new-effort-reduce-salmonella-illnesses-linked-poultry). However, we have found significant errors in the modelling methods that will affect the validity of the manuscript. We do not attempt to provide an exhaustive review of the manuscript, so we will focus only on two key issues that will significantly affect the authors’ findings, as they relate to the implementation and integration of the dose-response models used to predict salmonellosis resulting from exposure to the pathogen: