“Another good reason to avoid factory-farmed chickens and eggs! Government study shows Salmonella levels over five times higher in intensive egg produ

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b></b>The Soil Association can reveal that a recent government
survey shows that organic laying hens have a significantly lower level
of Salmonella. Salmonella is a bacterium that causes one of the
commonest forms of food poisoning worldwide. The study showed that 23,4
per cent of caged hens tested positive for salmonella, compared to 4,4
per cent in organic flocks, and 6,5 per cent in free-range flocks. Emma
Hockridge, Soil Association policy department said: “This research
confirms the Soil Association’s view that there are serious potential
human health implications from such intensive systems. Whilst
Salmonella food poisoning can be avoided through proper cooking of eggs
and meat, anything that reduces the incidence of this bug should be
encouraged – like genuine free-range, organic farming”.<br></div><i>Fonte di informazione:</i> Soil Association, Press release 9 gennaio 2008, <a href="http://www.soilassociation.org/&quot; target="blank">www.soilassociation.org/</a&gt;