Bacteria-eating viruses (bacteriophages) have been approved as meat additives to reduce the risk of Listeria and Campylobacter found in processed meat and poultry products, but there is a concern they could spread toxin genes between bacteria. For more about leading food poisoning causes of death #1 and #2 see Total Recall and Brain Parasites in Meat. For videos on other risks associated with processed meat consumption, see Preventing COPD with Diet, Prevention Is Better Than Cured Meat, and Hot Dogs & Leukemia. In my book Bird Flu I have a chapter about these creative meat industry "technofixes" (rectal poultry superglue anyone?. For videos on other chicken feed additives of questionable safety, see Arsenic in Chicken and Drug Residues in Meat, and for what Campylobacter can do, Poultry and Paralysis. Please also feel free to check out any of the other 1,000+ thousand topics, and if you didn't like the thought of the meat industry spreading viruses on your food, tomorrow's video is entitled [Maggot Meat Spray].

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