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New Zealand - campylobacter centre of the world

Posted Aug 17th 2006 3:06PM by Andrew Barrow
Filed under: Business, Poultry, New Zealand, Health & Medical

Moves are afoot to ban the sale of chicken, except in its frozen form, in New Zealand.

The call comes after a report showed that New Zealand had the "dubious distinction of being the campylobacter centre of the world" A Food Safety Authority (FSA) report showed that all fresh chicken carcasses carried the campylobacter bug. It also detailed that New Zealand has more than three times the rate of notified campylobacteriosis as neighbour Australia. The rate of 370 cases per 100,000 people has been rising at about 12 per cent a year over the past five years. Over the last 9 years it is beleived that 11 people have died from the disease that causes diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach ache for up to a week.

[Chicken Little image from Disney]

Campylobactor in all New Zealand chickens

Posted May 14th 2006 5:07PM by Andrew Barrow
Filed under: Science, Poultry, Trends, New Zealand

A report by Radio New Zealand states that research shows that virtually all raw chicken sold in New Zealand carries campylobacter.

There are 14,000 cases reported each year with symptons including vomiting, diarrhoea and severe abdominal pain which lasts about a week. The New Zealand Food Safety Authority has found campylobacter in the gut of up to 90% of raw chicken and on the skin of 97%.

Correct handling, storage and cooking of chicken is the simple way of reducing infection.

[Image from PLoS Biology and an article on the campylobacter gnome]

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