Monday, December 04, 2006

Eet Mor Chikkin

USA Today reports:
Eighty-three percent of broiler chickens tested by a leading consumer magazine were infected with either or both campylobacter and salmonella, the leading bacterial causes of food-borne illnesses.

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The USDA, which tests chickens extensively for salmonella, says the 2005 infection rate was 16.3% and is an average 11.4% in the first three quarters of this year, said Raymond, undersecretary for food safety.
So a minimum of 1 in 6 chickens is writhing with bugs. Makes me want to revert to flesh eating.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

probably 0% of those were kosher

10:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Both kosher brands represented in our tests, Empire and Rubashkin's Aaron's Best, had a relatively high incidence of salmonella"

11:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i don't believe it

1:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

are those cooked or raw? raw? of course they have bacteria. that's why you cook them.

1:11 AM  

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