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warn
officials

NELSON, B.C. (CP) —
Christmas dinner could turn
into a foul experience for
those who don’t cook or
handle their turkey, goose or
chicken properly, health
officials warn.

Provincial health officials
say poultry which is im-
properly cooked or
refrigerated is fertile
breeding ground = for
salmonella, a bacteria which
causes food poisoning.

Figures compiled by the
ministry show
salmonellacases are in-
creasing at an alarming rate
— to 909 in 1976 from 302 in
1974,

Salmonella is commonly
found in the intestines of
birds and animals and can
cause vomiting, diarrhea
and dehydration within 12
hours of eating infested food,
It can be fatal to the young
and the elderly.

Dr. Tony Larsen, 8.C.'s
chief epidemiologist, said
current methods of raising
fowl make it almost im-
possible to prevent
salmonella infestation,
Chicken and turkeys are
mass produced and spend .
their lives in cages where
proximity encourages the
spread of the bacteria.

Stuffing is a common
source of the food poisoning
because dressing can pick up
bacteria which is not killed
unless the bird is thoroughly
cooked. .

Pre-stuffed turkeys were
once popular but were
banned after recurring
salmonella outbreaks,

During the Christmas
season many people come
down with food poisoning
when they eat turkeys
cooked at church halls or
other public places which
jack proper refrigerators,
Larsen said. ;

The increasing use of offal
(animal parts such as gut) in
the processing of animal
feed could also be respon-
sible for the increase in
salmonella cases, said Dr.
Terry Pagan, medical health
officer for the West
Kootenay cities of Nelsot
and Trail.

Antibiotles which would
kil} bacteria in the offal have
been banned from animal
feeds because they can
accumulate in animals and
trigger allergic reactions in
humans.

Larsen said restaurants
can pass on salmonella when
they use the same un-
sterilized surface to both gut
and dress the bird,

He said restaurant owners
should be required to take
foadhandling courses so they
will know how to control
salmonella bacteria,

The only sure way to keep
the turkey from turning the
holiday banquet into a bust is
to cook the bird long and
thoroughly Pagan said. It.
any pink flesh is visible the
bird should go back into the
oven.

Bell-Irving
sends
greetings

VICFORIA (CP) — The
world, despite its faulte, is a
better place to live,
LieutenantGovernor Henry
Bell-Irving of British
Columbia says in his annual
Christmas message:

“In thia Christmas season
of 1879, our world is beset
with many problems. We
hear or read about them
every day. But we almost
never hear about the many
things that are going well.
We're seldom reminded that
our world, for all its faults, is
80 much better, at least for
almost everyone in B.C.,
than was the world Charles
Dickens wrote about.

“In our travels around
B.C., my wife and [ have
seen many people happy
because they are dalng
something for others,
something within their
power to do well,”

“Nineteen seventh-nine
has been dedicated in B.C.as
the year of the child and
family and a special effort
has been made to give help
where needed in the
preservation of family
units."

We are indeed grateful for
this opportunity to send our
best wishes for Christmas
and the New Year to all
children and their parents, to
all British Columbians, May
you all know the joy of loving
one another throughout all
the days to come,"

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