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No Cancer Risk From Eggs, Food Authority Clarifies After Viral Claims
According to the regulator, allegations about nitrofuran metabolites being present in eggs are incorrect and risk spreading panic among consumers.
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Bird Flu And Beyond: How To Check If Your Poultry Is Contaminated
The recent news of bird flu has led to increased caution when it comes to handling poultry. But there are some ways that you can check if your poultry is contaminated or not.
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How To Defrost Chicken: Step By Step Guide To Avoid Fuss
Defrosting chicken is not that tough a nut to crack. You just need to keep a few pointers in mind to make sure your chicken is not contaminated by bacteria. Here's all you needed to know about how to defrost chicken.
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Egg Scare Costs Dutch Poultry Farmers 33 Million Euros
Europe's contaminated egg scare has cost Dutch poultry farmers at least 33 million euros ($39 million), according to a preliminary estimate by the government.
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Poultry Panic: Could Chickens be Human Sized by the End of Century?
It is not only the potentially lethal bug campylobacter in UK supermarket chickens that we have to worry about. If poultry keep growing at their current rate then they could soon be as big as usEight out of ten fresh chickens in UK supermarkets are contaminated...
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Asda Disappointed With Findings From Study on Campylobacter in Chickens
Supermarket says it working hard to finding a solution after 78% of its chickens tested by FSA had deadly food-posioning bugAsda has expressed its disappointment after it topped a supermarket league table for the presence of the food-poisoning bug campylobacter...
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Chicken Contamination: Public Should Stop Buying Poultry
Action is needed until Food Standards Agency gets a grip on the spread of campylobacter to chickensThe results of official tests of retail chicken for campylobacter contamination are really shocking. I don't use the word lightly. The Food Standards Agency...
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Where Do the Supermarkets Get Their Chicken?
A snapshot of nine supermarkets shows how the big retailers buy their fresh birds from the same handful of processorsThe rates of contamination for each supermarket published on Thursday will be used by shoppers to choose where they buy their chicken,...
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70% of UK Chickens Contaminated with Food Poisoning Bug
According to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), 70 percent of fresh chickens on sale in Britain are contaminated with a food poisoning bug called campylobacter. A six-month survey of chilled whole birds was conducted which found that 18 percent of them...
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Indian-Origin 'Chicken King' Ranjit Boparan at Centre of UK Hygiene Probe
An Indian-origin businessman, referred to as UK's "Chicken King", is at the centre of a major controversey over contamination of poultry.
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No Cancer Risk From Eggs, Food Authority Clarifies After Viral Claims
According to the regulator, allegations about nitrofuran metabolites being present in eggs are incorrect and risk spreading panic among consumers.
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Bird Flu And Beyond: How To Check If Your Poultry Is Contaminated
The recent news of bird flu has led to increased caution when it comes to handling poultry. But there are some ways that you can check if your poultry is contaminated or not.
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How To Defrost Chicken: Step By Step Guide To Avoid Fuss
Defrosting chicken is not that tough a nut to crack. You just need to keep a few pointers in mind to make sure your chicken is not contaminated by bacteria. Here's all you needed to know about how to defrost chicken.
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Egg Scare Costs Dutch Poultry Farmers 33 Million Euros
Europe's contaminated egg scare has cost Dutch poultry farmers at least 33 million euros ($39 million), according to a preliminary estimate by the government.
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Poultry Panic: Could Chickens be Human Sized by the End of Century?
It is not only the potentially lethal bug campylobacter in UK supermarket chickens that we have to worry about. If poultry keep growing at their current rate then they could soon be as big as usEight out of ten fresh chickens in UK supermarkets are contaminated...
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Asda Disappointed With Findings From Study on Campylobacter in Chickens
Supermarket says it working hard to finding a solution after 78% of its chickens tested by FSA had deadly food-posioning bugAsda has expressed its disappointment after it topped a supermarket league table for the presence of the food-poisoning bug campylobacter...
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Chicken Contamination: Public Should Stop Buying Poultry
Action is needed until Food Standards Agency gets a grip on the spread of campylobacter to chickensThe results of official tests of retail chicken for campylobacter contamination are really shocking. I don't use the word lightly. The Food Standards Agency...
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Where Do the Supermarkets Get Their Chicken?
A snapshot of nine supermarkets shows how the big retailers buy their fresh birds from the same handful of processorsThe rates of contamination for each supermarket published on Thursday will be used by shoppers to choose where they buy their chicken,...
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70% of UK Chickens Contaminated with Food Poisoning Bug
According to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), 70 percent of fresh chickens on sale in Britain are contaminated with a food poisoning bug called campylobacter. A six-month survey of chilled whole birds was conducted which found that 18 percent of them...
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Indian-Origin 'Chicken King' Ranjit Boparan at Centre of UK Hygiene Probe
An Indian-origin businessman, referred to as UK's "Chicken King", is at the centre of a major controversey over contamination of poultry.
