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The Foods Standards Agency has recalled frozen raw breaded chicken products – such as nuggets, goujons, dippers, poppers and kievs – which are contaminated with salmonella and have caused hundreds of cases of food poisoning and at least one death in the UK.
The vast majority of cases of food poisoning are caused by meat, chicken, eggs, fish or dairy. If plant foods are to blame, it is usually because they are contaminated by animal faeces.
Hola Phthalates are man-made chemicals used as plasticisers in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) materials such as food packaging, flooring and some medical equipment and are added to cosmetics and personal care products...
Hola European Food safety Authority was forced rapidly to investigate a multi-country outbreak of salmonella food poisoning last summer. Cases were reported from Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the UK. Imported...
Hola A high-profile team of researchers from different countries recently published an article on the number of people who have died or been hospitalised each year as a direct result of...
Hola The journal Environmental Research published a study investigating the effects of fish consumption on children’s health. It confirmed that regular fish intake is responsible for increased levels of mercury in...
Hola The journal Meat Science provides a thorough overview of the content of various chemical substances and pollutants in meat and meat products. These include heavy metals (e.g. lead and cadmium)...
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