Dangerous ‘yellow’ chicken


Checking it out: Dr Chitra (left) inspecting chicken on sale at the SS2 market. With her is MBPJ health officer Lee Heng Kuang.

CHICKEN is widely eaten by many and claims that the birds are being coloured yellow using a dye is worrying.

Some traders claim that consumers are being duped by chicken sellers into believing that the plucked yellow chickens are the kampung variety when they are actually farm-bred.

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