Bug found in two-thirds of supermarket chicken
A food poisoning bug that causes nasty bouts of illness in more than 400,000 people every year is present in two-thirds of supermarket chicken, a survey showed yesterday. Scientists commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) found the bug campylobacter in 65 per cent of frozen and chilled chicken...
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- News Source: The Independent | about 1 month agoA food poisoning bug that causes nasty bouts of illness in more than 400,000 people every year is present in two-thirds of supermarket chicken, a survey showed yesterday. Scientists commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) found the bug...
- News Source: Times Online | about 1 month agoA survey for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) found that contamination in “home-produced” chickens was even higher, with 76 per cent of all samples of whole birds and chicken portions, including those farmed to free-range and organic standards,...
- News Source: The Independent | about 1 month agoA food bug that causes 55,000 people to fall ill every year is present on 65 per cent of chicken on sale in the UK, research showed today. Campylobacter, which causes diarrhoea, cramping and abdominal pain, was found in almost two thirds of chicken...
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- Blog Source: lifeandstyle.independentminds.livejournal.comAs well as chicken it can be found on other meat, unpasteurised milk, and untreated water. Cooking chicken properly all the way through and avoiding cross contamination with other food will stop the bug spreading, the agency said. ...
- Blog Source: www.bukisa.comAlmost Two-thirds of chicken being sold in the UK is infected with a bacteria which can cause severe food poisoning, research shows. ... Source: Almost Two-thirds of chicken in the UK has a 'bug' ...
- Blog Source: www.nigerianbestforum.comTwo-thirds of chicken on sale in the UK is contaminated with a bacterium which can cause severe food poisoning, research shows. Campylobacter, which can cause diarrhoea, cramping and abdominal pain, causes 55000 cases of food poisoning ... However,
- Blog Source: rich-biofool.blogspot.comLethal food bug found in two-thirds of chickens (Ben Gurr/The Times) Most cases of campylobacter are caused by consumption of undercooked chicken or cross-contamination. Valerie Elliott, Consumer Editor 6 Comments Recommend? (1) ...
- Blog Source: www.exfn.comHowever, cooking the meat properly kills the bug. The Food Standards Agency, which carried out the research, said the poultry industry should take action. It said levels of campylobacter in chicken were the same as when a similar survey ...
- Blog Source: healthfit.orgTwo-thirds of chicken 'has bug'. October 6th, 2009. Two-thirds of chicken on sale in the UK is contaminated with a bacterium which can cause severe food poisoning, research shows. Original post: Two-thirds of chicken 'has bug' ...
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