Marler Clark study: 80% of Seattle-area chicken contaminated
A new study shows that up to 80% of Seattle area raw chicken could be contaminated with some form of potentially harmful bacteria. Testing done by IEH Laboratories in Lake Forest Park, Wash., shows that 80 of 100 raw chickens purchased at various Seattle area grocery stores contained at least one potentially harmful pathogen.
The food safety law firm, Marler Clark, funded the study in the wake of similar testing done in England and Canada in hopes of learning how much contamination Americans should expect to find in their chicken.