About 40 per cent of the imported chicken sold by catering suppliers undergoes heavy processing. The meat that results is so rubbery and tasteless it is known in the trade as 'plastic chicken'.
Last year, the average Australian consumed more than 50 kilograms of chicken meat. For most of us, it works out at two chicken-based meals each week. That's about 10 kilograms a year more ...
The only problem with America's love of chicken is that when the meat is compromised, it can put tons of people at risk. Here are the biggest examples.