Natasha Bolognesi

We are afraid of our food. Who can blame us? The threat of avian flu and mad cow disease still lingers, genetically modified foods may cause health complications, and our own fruit, vegetables and meat have unacceptably high levels of pesticides and antibiotics. Poultry is the cheapest form of animal protein but in South Africa it may not be the healthiest.

Maybe it is time to look at what our chickens are eating to make them taste so good. Government food technicians involved with the poultry industry are concerned about the administration of nitrofurans to combat disease in chickens imported to South Africa from Brazil.