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I have had terrible diarrhea , stomach pain and headache and slept a lot since teatime Saturday, seems to be clearing up this morning, never felt so ill, I had some chicken Saturday, early lunch time, could it be food poisoning ?
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I was reading an article in the Times yesterday about how 70% of supermarket chicken is infected with this thing called camphylobact
11:17 Mon 22nd Jul 2013
I was reading an article in the Times yesterday about how 70% of supermarket chicken is infected with this thing called camphylobacter.
This BBC article that I've just googled seems to confirm it.
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It's fine if cooked properly, but you have to be really careful about handling the raw meat and how you deal with the packaging etc.
This BBC article that I've just googled seems to confirm it.
http://
It's fine if cooked properly, but you have to be really careful about handling the raw meat and how you deal with the packaging etc.
// ludwig....I think that you have got it wrong......
70% of cases of diarrhea are due to campylobacter NOT 70% of supermarket chickens are infected with campylobacter. //
sqad - I was relating the Sunday Times article from memory, so it's not quite right, but I've found it, and here are some edited highlights (I'd like to post a link but I don't think it's online).
// Half a million people a year are getting food poisoning as a result of eating contaminated British chickens according to research published by the food standards agency, which lays much of the blame on poor standards of hygiene in abattoirs and poultry farms.
The epidemic, which is claiming 140 lives a year .... is being caused by Camphylobacter.........at least 80% of British chicken flocks are infected with the bug....//
// Most fresh British chickens sold in shops are contaminated, with 27% classed by the FSA as "Highly contaminated" //
// A recent study by Professor Gordon Nichols, of the European Centre for Disease Prevention in Stockholm found 500,000 Britons get Camphylobacter poisoning each year, 80% from chicken. //
// Victims typically suffer days of uncontrollable vomiting and diarrhoea and can take weeks to recover //
// The microbe is destroyed by proper cooking, so the risk to consumers comes from undercooked meat and contact with packaging //
70% of cases of diarrhea are due to campylobacter NOT 70% of supermarket chickens are infected with campylobacter. //
sqad - I was relating the Sunday Times article from memory, so it's not quite right, but I've found it, and here are some edited highlights (I'd like to post a link but I don't think it's online).
// Half a million people a year are getting food poisoning as a result of eating contaminated British chickens according to research published by the food standards agency, which lays much of the blame on poor standards of hygiene in abattoirs and poultry farms.
The epidemic, which is claiming 140 lives a year .... is being caused by Camphylobacter.........at least 80% of British chicken flocks are infected with the bug....//
// Most fresh British chickens sold in shops are contaminated, with 27% classed by the FSA as "Highly contaminated" //
// A recent study by Professor Gordon Nichols, of the European Centre for Disease Prevention in Stockholm found 500,000 Britons get Camphylobacter poisoning each year, 80% from chicken. //
// Victims typically suffer days of uncontrollable vomiting and diarrhoea and can take weeks to recover //
// The microbe is destroyed by proper cooking, so the risk to consumers comes from undercooked meat and contact with packaging //
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