Nearly three-quarters of fresh chickens in supermarkets and butchers are contaminated with the potentially lethal food-poisoning bug campylobacter, according to the final results of a year-long testing programme published by the Food Standards Agency.
The cumulative results for samples taken between February 2014 and February 2015 show that 73% of poultry is contaminated with the bacteria, and 19% of chickens are heavily contaminated.
The survey found that 7% of packaging tested positive for campylobacter, meaning that it could easily cross-contaminate other fresh food in shoppers’ baskets.
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