Most Store Bought Chickens Contaminated

   A new study by Consumer Reports has found that two out of three whole broiler chickens are contaminated with harmful bacteria.
“You would think that after years of alarms about food safety—outbreaks of illness followed by renewed efforts at cleanup—a staple like chicken would be a lot safer to eat. But in our latest analysis of fresh, whole broilers bought at stores nationwide, two-thirds harbored salmonella and/or campylobacter, the leading bacterial causes of foodborne disease.”
   Though store bought organic chickens had no salmonella, 57 percent of those birds had campylobacter, which is now recognized as one of the main causes of bacterial foodborne illness.
Read the report here.