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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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