I want to inform that half-fried eggs may contain some hepatitis viruses, bacteria such as salmonella.
LAHORE: Most people are oblivious of the fact that a half-fried egg is a host to some lethal pathogens. It is an ardent desire of most people to have half-fried eggs in their breakfast. Being a microbiologist, I want to inform that half-fried eggs may contain some hepatitis viruses and bacteria species such as salmonella and clostridium botulinum which cause food poisoning. Spores of these organisms remain alive in half-fried eggs but they are completely eradicated if the egg is full fried.
Malik Farooq Ahmed
Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2014.
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