Some are stocking up on kim chee and sauerkraut in case of bird flu epidemic:
The sour-cabbage craze was triggered by news reports that Seoul National University scientists in Korea used “kim chee sauerkraut” successfully to treat chickens infected with avian flu.
The researchers fed a kim chee extract containing a high level of lactic acid bacteria to 13 infected birds and 11 were still alive the next week, Chris Smith, marketing vice president for Frank’s Sauerkraut, said in a telephone interview. The Franks brand is produced by the Fremont Co. in Fremont, Ohio.
Not the most robust data.
