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Thai PM says cooked chicken and eggs safe

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Saturday cooked Thai chicken and eggs are "1 million percent" safe.

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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Feb. 7 cooked Thai chicken and eggs are "1 million percent" safe.

Thaksin made the remarks while inaugurating the "Eat Thai Chicken, 100 Percent Safe" Fair at Royal Square in central Bangkok. The event was organized by the government aiming at winning back consumers' confidence in the country's poultry products, which had been banned by many countries for fear of bird flu.

Ever since the government announced that Thailand had been affected by the fatal bird flu epidemic, 40 provinces of the country's 76 provinces were declared as epidemic control zones successively, and a total of more than 25 million chickens from about 40,000 farms all over the nation had been slaughtered.

Thaksin said he was proud of full cooperation from the Thai people with the government in dealing with the crisis.

Thaksin also said the Thai people demonstrated patriotism at a time when the country wanted to prove to the international community that Thais are now confident in the safety of Thai chicken and eggs, particularly when they are well-cooked at over 70 degrees Celsius.

He noted that the government was always responsible for the safety of the Thai people, and even consumers in Thailand's exporting markets of poultry products globally.

"I can declare confidently that consuming Thai chicken and chicken eggs which are well-cooked at the heat over 70 degrees Celsius are not just 100 percent safe, but, instead, 1,000,000 percent safe," Thaksin said.

"Otherwise, I could not have challenged by offering to pay a cash compensation up to 3 million baht (75,000 US dollars) from my personal pocket if there is anyone proved to be infected with the bird flu after consuming any well-cooked chicken, or chicken egg menus," he stressed.

Thaksin urged both consumers and investors not to panic over the avian flu, as the situation in the kingdom was now under control, and would return to normal shortly, saying that panic hadadded more difficulties to local poultry farms and other related businesses.

Chicken products companies offered 10 tons of chicken meat and eggs for the one-day fair, while famous restaurants and food houses served visitors free of charge.

Source: Xinhua

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