WASHINGTON — "The bottom line for consumers is that all chicken is safe to eat when properly handled and cooked," states Dr. Ashley Peterson, vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs at the National Chicken Council. "Consumers can continue to feel confident about including chicken as a lean, low-fat and high-protein part of a healthy, balanced diet,"
Peterson was responding to a report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest which claimed that ground beef and chicken are the riskiest meat and poultry products in the U.S. food supply and pose the greatest likelihood of hospitalization. . .

