Where's the beef... it's in the chicken

SELLING chicken injected with beef and pork proteins to Irish consumers was perfectly legitimate, Dutch authorities insisted last night, so long as the chicken was labelled properly.

The Dutch Commodity Board for Livestock, Meat and Eggs admitted yesterday that poultry exports that arrived in Ireland contained beef or pork protein to make the chicken more palatable.

The Dutch poultry industry responsible for 10% of Ireland's chicken imports said the Irish suggestions of a possible health hazard were a fuss about nothing.