Chirac Attempts To Calm French
February 26, 2006 by Adelle Tilton
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Despite assurances that the poultry industry in France has nothing to worry about, the French people are being assured by President Chirac that chicken and turkey are indeed, safe to eat. “The virus in question … is automatically destroyed by cooking. So there is absolutely no danger,” President Chirac said while eating some of the product in question himself.
France is the leading poultry producer of the European Union. Some say fear, even panic, is evolving not only for fears of the flu itself, but for the future of the economic situation of the poultry producers.
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There were concerns about the beef industry as well in the wake of mad cow, but people have short term memories. As for me, when I lived in Vietnam aka flu central, I didn’t bring raw chicken, eggs, or other poultry products into my home but wasn’t averse to anything that had already been cooked.
I will continue to cook chicken and eggs in the UK until they find H5N1-infected domestic poultry.