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PHILADELPHIA — From his poultry shop in Philadelphia’s low-income
\n Kensington neighborhood, Tony Tranh sells about 300 live birds each week,
\n mainly to poor Asian and Hispanic immigrants.<\/p>\n
He used to sell 600 live chickens, guinea hens, ducks, and pigeons a week,
\n but that was before the avian flu scare.<\/p>\n
”The people are scared," said Tranh, the owner of Mac’s Poultry.<\/p>\n
Not without reason. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture temporarily
\n closed two of Philadelphia’s five live-bird markets last year after mild
\n strains of the avian flu virus were detected during routine inspections.
\n Those strains were different from the lethal H5N1 strain, and posed no
\n threat to humans, the agency said.<\/p>\n
US chicken sales haven’t been affected by the flu scare, but a recent
\n survey by the Harvard School of Public Health suggested that 46 percent
\n of people would stop eating chicken if bird flu hits the American poultry
\n industry.<\/p>\n
from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n Don’t know about you guys, but we have been eating And, coincidentally, As we type these words, the TV in the background, set to a news PHILADELPHIA — From his poultry shop in Philadelphia’s low-income Kensington neighborhood, Tony Tranh sells about 300 live birds each week, mainly to poor Asian and Hispanic immigrants. He used to sell 600 live chickens, guinea hens, ducks, and pigeons a … Continue reading
\n a lot of chicken lately at the Dowbrigade Ranch: Coq a vin, baked chicken,
\n roast chicken,
\n chicken marsala, chicken alfredo, pollo guisado, caldo de gallina, chicarones
\n de pollo. After all, we may not be able to get it much longer. <\/em><\/p>\n
\n all of the stores seem to be having big sales on poultry. How strange.
\n Boneless chicken breast for 88 cents a pound. Thinning the flock in
\n anticipation of the mass exterminations which will follow the first
\n confrmed cases of H5N1 in the lower 48?<\/em><\/p>\n
\n channel, plays a commercial for Subway featuring their Buffalo Chicken
\n Sandwiches.
\n For a limited time only….<\/em>\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"