Feds warn people to stop kissing chickens or they'll risk illness

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
WASHINGTON (KTRK) -- Uncle Sam isn't walking on egg shells in his new warning to chicken owners: Quit kissing your poultry.

Apparently, there is an increase in the number of people catching salmonella from raising chickens.
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The CDC says the increase is due to people keeping and raising chickens, and yes, kissing them.

The new study says there has been a 13-percent jump in chicken-related salmonella cases they studied from 1990 to 2014.
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In part, researchers say humans kissing their pet chickens led to their illnesses.
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