Consumer Reports assessed 382 chickens from 100 stores in the USA in its regular survey of chicken safety and found campylobacter in 62 per cent, salmonella in 14 per cent, and both bacteria in 14 per cent. A total of 34 per cent of birds were clean of both pathogens, which is double the figure found in 2007, but Consumer Reports did not find this cause for celebration.
The consumer watchdog called it a “modest improvement” and said the number of clean birds was still far smaller than t...
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