The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the latest results from its year-long survey into the presence of campylobacter in raw chickens, finding the presence of the bug in 73 per cent of those chickens tested.
Inspections have found that more than 70 per cent of fresh shop-bought chickens are contaminated with the food poisoning bug campylobacter and the food Standards Agency says the situation is getting worse.
Consumer Editor Chris Choi reports:
As the Food Standards Agency finds the presence of campylobacter in 73% of raw chickens, here is what you need to know to fight the bug.
Every major supermarket tested had significant levels of the bug present on their raw chicken samples, the Food Standards Agency said.