More salmonella infections in Europe: Hygiene rules help prepare poultry safely

(BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) In recent months, more than three hundred cases of salmonellosis have occurred in various European countries and Canada, which are linked to each other. In the UK the cases could be partly traced back to frozen breaded poultry meat. The cause was contamination with the bacterium Salmonella Enteritidis, which causes gastrointestinal inflammation. Salmonella is not killed by deep freezing and can remain infectious at temperatures below zero degrees Celsius.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news