Pix By Antony Gitonga Fishermen are staring at a crisis as the ban on plastic bags approaches. They said they have no way of packaging fish other than in plastic bags. They have requested a ...

Tests by the FSA have shown chicken packaging can carry a bug ... they are not required to charge for plastic bags for certain products - including uncooked fish, meat or poultry products.

Botulism risk comes from the bacteria Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that thrives in low-oxygen environments like vacuum-sealed packaging. If frozen fish in vacuum-sealed packs is ...