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Germ in raw milk, poultry now tops food poisoning list
The U.S. government's latest report card on food poisoning suggests that a germ commonly linked to raw milk and poultry is surpassing salmonella at the top of the culprit list. The report counts cases in only 10 states for nine of the most common causes of foodborne illness, but is believed to be a good indicator of national food poisoning trends.
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Soaring levels of antibiotic resistance found in supermarket chickens
The UK’s most common type of food poisoning bug is showing drastically increased resistance to antibiotics, testing has revealed, which could mean the infection becomes harder and harder to treat. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) tested campylobacter bacteria found in chickens sold in supermarkets across the country, and discovered that resistance to certain antibiotics had more than doubled.
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A Bug in the System
Why last night's chicken made you sick. By Wil S. Hylton. (Feb. ’15)
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41,000 chickens suffocate at prison farm during power outage
More than 41,000 chickens suffocated after power was knocked out at the Cummins Unit's poultry farm, a prison official reported Monday. A tractor driver hit poles at the farm in August, resulting in a seven-hour power outage, Arkansas Department of Correction Director Wendy Kelley wrote in her monthly report to the board Monday.
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America's top restaurant chains, ranked by antibiotic use
Here's how Starbucks, Subway, McDonalds, and other popular eateries fared.
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Tyson Foods Under Fire As Second Video Shows Chicken Abuse
Tyson Foods is under fire again after a new undercover video depicts inhumane abuse at a chicken facility in Texas. The Animal Legal Defense Fund, an animal rights group, went under cover for 21 days to document the cruelty. “The chickens were brought in on a conveyor belt that were covered in dirt and feces. The conditions in the live hang are filthy and horrendous for both the people and the animals. When the conveyor belt turned on...
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McDonald's cuts ties with chicken supplier accused of cruelty
McDonald's has cut ties with one of its chicken suppliers after an animal rights group obtained gruesome video footage that appears to show operators of the Tennessee poultry farm clubbing small and sickly birds to death. The video taken at T&S Farm in Dukedom, Tenn., which the activist group Mercy for Animals says was secretly recorded by one of the group’s investigators, appears to show a man and woman at the farm pummeling the birds using a...
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Eating chicken is morally worse than killing Cecil the lion
If the outcry over the killing of Cecil the lion tells us anything, it's that people are capable of genuine moral outrage at the needless killing of animals. And good for them. Animals are conscious beings capable of feeling pleasure and pain, and we have an obligation to make their lives as good as possible.
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Iowa Chicks Sent as Far Away as Brazil to Evade Deadly Bird Flu
Less than 24 hours after a deadlyinfection of bird flu was confirmed at a turkey farm north ofDes Moines, Iowa, Bud Wood packed about 3,500 rare baby chicksinto boxes and put them in the back of a truck.
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Independent lab test confirms KFC 'fried rat' was chicken
KFC has confirmed that the tender in question, is in fact, chicken.
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Who’s Murdering Thousands of Chickens in South Carolina?
Somebody turned the fans off on 300,000 chickens to suffocate them—somebody who knows exactly how the industry works. The chicken farm on Brewer Road, just south of the small town of Manning in South Carolina, is hidden away down a series of winding country highways, between a patch of forest and an empty farm field. On the morning of Feb. 17 the farm’s owner, a Vietnamese immigrant named Hoangson Nguyen, was awakened by a frantic phone call.
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McDonald’s to Curb Purchases of Chicken Raised With Antibiotics in U.S.
McDonald’s said its U.S. restaurants will stop selling chicken raised with antibiotics that are important to human health, one of the biggest moves yet by a major food company to address growing concerns over antibiotic-resistant ‘super bugs.’
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Chicken and Waffle Skewers
Since I have a weakness for miniature sized food as well as food on a stick, I couldn’t think of a more perfect combination than chicken and waffle skewers! Since chicken and waffles are already a huge food splurge, I made baked ‘fried’ chicken to lighten it up a bit. Try them out for your next backyard barbecue or party for an unexpected take on a Southern classic!
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Chicken factory farmer speaks out
After 22 years of raising chickens for Perdue, one brave factory farmer Craig Watts was at his breaking point and did something no one has done before. He invited us, as farm animal welfare advocates, to his farm to film and tell his story.
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The Art of Breeding 'Super Bastard' Chickens
“This is not a chicken, it is absolutely a piece of art.” This is the announcement with which Koen Vanmechelen, conceptual artist and chicken breeder, begins a TEDx talk. He repeats it to me word for word in the chambers of the Crypt Gallery, deep beneath London’s St Pancras Church, where we stand before a giant photographic print of a chicken.
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Chick-fil-A to serve antibiotic-free chicken
Chick-fil-A Inc. announced plans Tuesday to use chicken raised without antibiotics in all of its restaurants within five years.
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Toasted Quinoa with Chicken & Mango
This protein-packed dish is simple to make. Its mango-cucumber-yogurt raita features flavors influenced by the cooking of India. You can also serve the raita with grilled or roasted fish or pork. &...
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Oven “Fried” Chicken with Baby Spinach Salad
Finely ground gluten-free tortilla chips make a crunchy coating, while high-heat roasting produces moist, flavorful meat without the mess of frying. Choose chicken legs, thighs or breasts, with or ...
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