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News items on 'Campylobacter Enteritis'
'Deadly' bug in two-thirds of chicken on sale
(The Scotsman 07/10/2009)
A FOOD bug that makes 55,000 people ill a year is present in 65 per cent of chicken on sale in the UK, research showed yesterday. Campylobacter, which causes diarrhoea, cramping and abdominal pain, was found in almost two-thirds of chicken samples tested, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) found. Salmonella was in 6 per cent of samples. The illness, which can be prevented by properly cooking meat, usually lasts one week, although some people don't show any symptoms.
'Barbecue bug' on rampage across UK - and we can't blame weather
(The Scotsman 30/07/2009)
A BUG that causes food poisoning has increased to its highest prevalence in nine years in Scotland. Cases of campylobacter - often called the barbecue bug because of its link to poorly cooked meat - are up almost a fifth this year, officials said. Health Protection Scotland (HPS) revealed that in the first 28 weeks of 2009, 3,033 cases of campylobacter were reported - up 19 per cent from 2,546 during the same period last year.
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