Chinese poultry workers get their teeth into the job

IRISH farmers’ worst fears of production procedures for imported foods have been confirmed in the latest reports from China.

The reputation of Chinese poultry is now in tatters after health officials, acting on a tip-off, raided a food-processing plant in the south-western city of Chengdu, to discover workers were using their teeth to debone chicken feet.

Fortunately, poultry is one of the Chinese products banned from the EU since January, when chloramphenicol, a powerful antibiotic, was found in Chinese imports.