The chicken (Gallus gallus) is a type of domesticated fowl, believed to be descended from the wild Indian and south-east Asian Red Junglefowl.The chicken is one of the most common and wide-spread domestic animals. With a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other bird. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, from both their meat and their eggs.

It's not all that unusual to find a stray hair or a bug in your food but as we first told you last night, a Minot woman found something she considered a little more out of the ordinary in a box of pre-cooked chicken. In a Banquet brand box of chicken, she found what appears to be a small bird, fully battered and fried.

Canned food has been using a chemical called "bisphenol-A" in commonly used food goods and drinks, such as chicken soup, baby food and sodas. The 200% higher than acceptable levels can cause a host of health issues, such as breast and prostate cancer, infertility, obesity, diabetes and asthma. It has been used since the 1950's and 60's. Serious..

In a little over a week, food companies have recalled a number of products suspected of being contaminated. Besides peanut butter, there has been "fresh cantaloupe, baby food, chicken strips and now mushrooms" added to the list of products.

First peanut butter and cantaloupes were found to contain salmonella. The baby food was contaminated with botulism. Now almost 53,000 pounds of Oscar Myer chicken breasts have been recalled for being contaminated with Lysteria.

Baby food has gone fresh organic -- and it's becoming big business. Ctrl-alt-chicken-puree