European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 6,19bb the stars and strip Salmonella tainted prompt warnings in . Edwins in rate arrives in London to face critics. Bidav Edehl .Bpreb people in the United kingdom should thoroughly Cook eggs to protect themselves against Salmonella Bac Teria that began showing up in Large number of eggs in the country but week a military health official said wednesday. We recommend that All eggs be cooked said or. Capt Raymond Hine the tied of the . Army veterinary detachment that inspects commissary bound food products in the United kingdom and ire land. Don t use raw  the Salmonella bacteria relatively common in Poul try Are easily transmitted from the infected Biros to their eggs. Mines said. Humans can be infected by. Eating the eggs. When they affects humans the bacteria usually cause what mines called explosive  military commissaries and food outlets on . Bases in England. Scotland and Wales use eggs produced at some of the  egg farms in the United kingdom where some 30 million eggs Are Laid daily. Hires who has inspectors throughout the country said his people do not normally Check for Salmonella limit ing their inspections to Cheeks for Quality and spoilage. The British department of health also has been issuing warnings that britons Cook their eggs until solid. However health officials said the average member of the Public is not Al risk. Old people and parents with Young children however should be especially careful the officials said. Health officials said Consumers should take partic ular care when making such raw egg based recipes As homemade Mayonnaise mousse or ice Cream. Mines suggests the use of pasteurized eggs in recipes that Call Tor uncooked eggs. Unlike their counterparts in the United states egg producers in Britain do nol Wash eggs before Selling them. Hines said that could be an aggravating Factor in the spread of the bacteria which he said is More com Mon in England than in America. Through october British health officials said 46 outbreak of Salmonella affecting 1,000 people in eng. Land and Wales have been traced to the consumption of partially cooked or raw eggs. Arguments and Calls for a Junior health minister s resignation have been raised in the House of com Mons following remarks made by conservative Mem Ber Edwina Currie last week that most of the eggs in the country were infected. Cupric s statement which Drew cries of foul from egg producers and opposition members of parliament was never retracted. However conservative party officials later said citizens should continue buying eggs Hines also warned that meat eaters should be particularly careful if they plan 10 eat tha brains of cows raised in Britain. He said a recent outbreak of Bovine encephalitis in cows might be transmittable to humans. He stressed however that Ordinary meat products arc completely Safe. He said that although there is no direct link be tween humans and the virus which affects Only the brains of rows Here is some evidence that the disease is transferable. Military commissaries however do not Stock cow brains nines said. Us., soviet chickens hardly Birds of a Feather Moscow a the chickens sold in the soviet Union Are so scrawny that shoppers joke the poultry is starved to death rather than slaughtered and even Frank Perdue says he can t help until the emaciated Birds Are fed belter. Perdue who picked Over the poultry during a visit to Moscow s famous . Department store on red Square last week politely referred to the Chick ens he saw As lean and narrow  the chickens Lack protein concluded Perdue chairman and chief pro Moter of Perdue farms inc., the United states fourth largest poultry producer. Soviet chickens make do with 15 per cent Corn feed plus wheat and Barley White Perdue says he feeds his Birds on a diet of nearly 60 percent com. Their diet in l Likely to improve soon since both Corn and High protein soy Beans require a warmer climate than found in most of the soviet Union said Donald w. Mabe president and chief executive of Perdue farms. They could buy com on the world Market but what could they use to pay for ill he asked. Alt their Vodka is taken up by Pepsi  Mac was referring to the obstacle fac ing Western companies the fact that so Viet rubles Are not convertible on the world Market thus forcing most firms to barter one commodity for another. The soviets have few goods id sell and Pepsi cola sewed up world demand for its Vodka is years ago with a Deal that sends soft drink syrup to the soviet Union in Exchange for Stolichnaya Vodka. Perdue said chickens could be the answer to the soviet Union s perennial food shortage As the Birds require Only two pounds of feed to produce a Pound of meat twice As efficient As hogs and More than three times As efficient As producing beef. Kids Moke sure Santa knows How to find them Santa s correspondents arc being careful to let him know of their address changes. Knusli Mead was Tak ing no chances in Hei Juller sent to Santa m care of the stars and stripes. "a.-.l". We moved from Spain to Italy this year she wrote. Just want you to know so Yott an find  she adds it s cold Here so dress Wanh a others arc worried about the health flee Reindeer How Are the Reindeer doing and Rudolph dome because i remember in Hawaii he Hurt his leg wrote Vanessa Rance Bailey. Michael Hanna wrote "1 love you Santa but i m afraid to sit on your  who have written to Santa at the newspaper and can expect  a Mckall Trya Oklar a pah twi Chrizy Hailun  Jacquon. .  Brett Arual. Buddy it Rylund ". 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