Free-range birds' bacteria link

The Food Standards Agency has put the cat amongst the chickens byreleasing research indicating that ...

The Food Standards Agency has put the cat amongst the chickens byreleasing research indicating that organic and free-range birds are twiceas likely to carry a type of bacteria that could cause food poisoning.

Early findings by scientists at Bristol University showed that thewaterborne bacterium campylobacter, which is said to cause around 60,000cases of food poisoning a year in humans, was found in 100% of organicchickens, compared to 58% of those raised in sheds.

The research forms part of a

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