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There have been 17 investigations and 13 government-ordered recalls of frozen chicken products across Canada over the last two years. Canadian Food Inspection Agency recalls Janes brand chicken nuggets.Why breaded chicken makes so many people sick, and what's being done about it.Recently the industry began listing the cooking instructions on the inside bag because they realized people were tossing the boxes to conserve space in their freezers. Manufacturers have added the words "uncooked" and "raw" to the product labels along with cooking instructions and warnings not to use a microwave because the heat is too uneven. We had a notification just last week of another one, " said Henry, who is also the chair of the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health. "It didn't get a whole lot of pickup, and these outbreaks continue to happen.

Last fall Canada's medical officers of health were so concerned they took the unusual step of releasing a statement warning Canadians about the food poisoning risk. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) "has been slow, in our opinion, to really get on this, and we've been petitioning them for two years now to do something about this," said Henry. That means thousands of Canadians might have been sickened by salmonella contamination from frozen breaded chicken products. Health officials estimate that there could be another 26 unreported infections for every known case. "It is a known risk in a food product that we have seen hundreds of people become sick with across the country over a period of years," said Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer. Three people with salmonella infections have died. As of last week 566 people had been diagnosed since May 2017 with salmonella infections linked to frozen breaded chicken products, and 95 of them were so sick with fever and diarrhea that they had to be hospitalized. It's a health risk that hundreds of Canadians have discovered the hard way. But this product looks different, and that's been the issue," said Robin Horel, president of the Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council.

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They know how to treat a boneless chicken breast, by and large. "Consumers know how to treat a raw chicken drumstick, by and large. But lurking beneath the golden breading is raw chicken that is potentially contaminated with salmonella bacteria. The pieces come out of the box looking cooked because the batter is quickly par-fried at the factory so it will stick to the pre-formed meat. The problem? They're confused by frozen breaded chicken products which have a misleading ready-to-eat quality along with fast food names - nuggets, cutlets, strips and fingers. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here.įor years, Canadians have been accidentally eating raw chicken.

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning.