Probe after antibiotic found in NI chicken

A top Northern Ireland farm today launched a probe to find out how a potentially cancer-causing drug was found in some of its chickens.

Probe after antibiotic found in NI chicken

A top Northern Ireland farm today launched a probe to find out how a potentially cancer-causing drug was found in some of its chickens.

Moy Park is liaising with officials from the North's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs after traces of the banned veterinary medicine nitrofuran was found in organic meat sold by leading supermarkets throughout Ireland and Britain.

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