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The EFSA report says contaminated hens do not always transfer the salmonella bacteria to its eggs (Photo: Notat)

More than a fifth of EU poultry has salmonella

More than a fifth of Europe's poultry flocks are infected with Salmonella, a new report shows – prompting some member states to consider imposing import restrictions on poultry products from other EU states.

In some EU countries more than half of the chicken farms are infected with Salmonella, the study by the Parma-based European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) found in a preliminary report.

In the Czech Republic, 62 percent of major poultry farms were infected, while 55 percent in ...

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The EFSA report says contaminated hens do not always transfer the salmonella bacteria to its eggs (Photo: Notat)

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