India, Feb. 17 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled out bacterial contamination in raw chicken samples collected from areas affected by Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) in Pune on Monday amid deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar cautioning people from eating raw chicken.

Officials confirmed that 60 samples tested negative for Campylobacter jejuni, the bacteria linked to GBS, dispelling concerns over poultry as a possible source of infection.

On January 29, following state government directives, the FDA collected 60 raw chicken samples from the Sinhagad Road area and sent them to Envirocare Labs, an NABL-accredited facility in Thane. The test results confirmed the absence of bacterial contamination, particularly C. jejuni. The FDA ha...