Description : A broiler chicken is being chopped in a meat shop. Recently, a highly infectious and newly identified bacterium, Escherichia albertii, was found in broiler chicken meat in Bangladesh. Closely related to E. coli, this more dangerous variant has been linked to severe gastrointestinal illness, kidney complications, and foodborne outbreaks in Japan, affecting over 100 people. E. albertii also drives antibiotic resistance—studies show a 94% chance of losing the effectiveness of at least one antibiotic, posing serious health risks for future generations. Chittagong, Bangladesh.