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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 1 in 6 Americans become ill by consuming foods or beverages contaminated by disease causing pathogens each year [1]. Foodborne diseases have become a significant public health concern throughout the globe with an increase in incidence over the last two decades [2]. Salmonellosis is one of the most important bacterial diseases of food safety concern; and is caused primarily by Salmonella species such as Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium [3]. The World Health Organization (WHO) has shown statistics of tens of millions of new human cases and more than 100,000 deaths every year from individuals with symptoms that include fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting [3,4,5,6].