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Primrose Freestone, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester

Christmas food poisoning and how to avoid it – by a microbiologist

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Food poisoning affects millions of people in the UK every year, and the risk rises during the Christmas period. Large family meals, raw poultry, packed fridges and buffet food all increase the chances of contamination.

In the UK, the most common bacterial causes of food poisoning are campylobacter and salmonella, both of which are frequently found on raw poultry.

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