MOST people are alert to the health hazards of Salmonella-infected poultry. However, few have even heard of Campylobacter infections. But I recently discovered that half of all chicken in our shops is contaminated with this bacterium.
At a conference held in Budapest earlier this year, the World Health Organization and the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization warned that food-borne illness is on the rise in Europe. Elliot Morley, the junior agriculture minister, tells me that finding ways to reduce the number of poultry infected with Campylobacter is a major challenge as not enough is known about it. The Department for…
