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Organic food safe from economic downturn?

An economic downturn may not hurt the U.K. market for organic food products, Robert Duxbury, technical manager for organic products at J Sainsbury PLC told Dow Jones Newswires Monday.

Food poisoning more likely in organic chickens

Organic broiler chickens are three times as likely as conventionally-bred poultry to be contaminated with a bacterium that causes food-poisoning, say Danish vets, the New Scientist reports this week.