Forget about getting fresh Chicken on USFK installations in the near future. It is better to go without than get sick and maybe even die!

Don$)C!/t expect any fresh chicken at any of South Korea!/s 12 U.S. commissaries in the near future, U.S. military medical officials say.

That!/s because more recent tests of harmful bacteria levels in the chicken from the commissaries!/ South Korean supplier still fail to meet U.S. standards, according to Col. Stanley E. Smith, the commander of the 106th Medical Detachment, which ensures food safety on bases.

The testing is done at Moguchon, the South Korean chicken company that contracts with the U.S. military, Smith wrote in an e-mail to Stars and Stripes. He has instructed his inspectors to wait until the recent outbreak of avian flu in South Korea has passed before taking more tests, Smith wrote.

!0I cannot tell you when customers can expect to have fresh Korean poultry in the commissary and I will not accelerate putting these products on the shelf until I feel it is a safe product,!1 Smith wrote to Stripes. !0We have plenty of frozen safe U.S. products to choose from, and customers have the right to go off the installation to buy local poultry if they choose.!1

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I don't see what the big deal is. Looks like there is enough frozen chicken, and people can always go downtown and buy chicken. During my two tours in Korea the US frozen chicken was superior to the chicken you could get downtown anyway.

Ah just wonderful. I can't eat beef only chicken and now this no more..just wonderful