Another reason to support local and sustainable meat and poultry

Yech.

Consumer Reports presents its findings that a full TWO-THIRDS of whole broiler chickens purchased nationwide harbored salmonella and/or campylobacter - the leading bacterial causes of foodborne diseases. This is better than results from 2007, when a similar study resulted in eight out of ten contaminated broiler chickens. Worse today, however, is that more than 60% of contaminated broilers were resistant to at least one antibiotic.

Scary.

There is a glimmer of hope: Store-brand organic chickens had NO salmonella at all. More than half still tested positive for campylobacter, but at least they were cleaner than the bigger brands. Most contaminated? Tyson and Foster Farms.

I'm definitely thinking twice about my chicken-buying behaviors!!