date:Jun 01, 2015
As part of the year-long study, over 4,000 samples of fresh whole chilled chickens from large retail outlets and smaller independent stores and butchers in the UK were tested for the presence of the food poisoning bug.
Figures show that around 19% of chickens tested positive for campylobacter within the highest band of contamination, while 7% of packaging tested positive for contamination.
The study finds that the country's majority of retailers have failed to control the campylobacter contami