Undercooked chicken nuggets a health hazard

Epidemiologist Laura MacDougall at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control says that assumption leads families and children to just warm the raw chicken in the microwave.

"It's golden brown in colour and often breaded. And it doesn't particularly look raw, " she says.

"And even when you cut it open, it might be a little bit mushy inside, but doesn't give you any of the visual cues that you're dealing with a raw piece of chicken."

• LINK: Journal of Food Protection abstract