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Eating fully cooked poultry and eggs will not infect bird flu

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Officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization recently issued a joint statement saying that eating fully cooked poultry meat, eggs and their products will not be infected with avian influenza, but poultry that is indeed infected with the avian influenza virus should not be eaten. The statement said that in areas where there is no avian influenza epidemic, consumers are not at risk of contracting the avian influenza virus when handling or eating poultry meat and other poultry products.

Eating fully cooked poultry and eggs will not infect bird flu

Officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization recently issued a joint statement saying that eating fully cooked poultry meat, eggs and their products will not be infected with avian influenza, but poultry that is indeed infected with the avian influenza virus should not be eaten. The statement said that in areas where there is no avian influenza epidemic, consumers are not at risk of contracting the avian influenza virus when handling or eating poultry meat and other poultry products. In areas where avian influenza has occurred, consumers in the process of cooking chicken, duck, goose, turkey, guinea fowl and other poultry products, so that the cooking temperature reaches 70 degrees Celsius or more and the food is cooked thoroughly, which can ensure that the avian influenza virus that invades the poultry body and mixes into the food chain is killed safely and effectively. To date, no cases of avian influenza have been detected from the consumption of fully cooked poultry. There is also no epidemiological evidence that human consumption of fully cooked poultry eggs and their products can be infected with avian influenza virus. However, in avian influenza-affected areas, raw or half-cooked eggs must not be eaten. Egg products processing enterprises using heat sterilization and the eggs completely cooked, can make the eggs contain the virus inactivation. (From: China Poultry Net 2005/12/20)

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Eating fully cooked poultry and eggs will not infect bird flu