The FSA has today published the final set of results from its year-long survey of Campylobacter on fresh chickens. Cumulative results for samples taken between February 2014 and February 2015[1] have now been published as official statistics, including results presented by major retailers.
The results for the full year show:
19% of chickens tested positive for Campylobacter within the highest band of contamination*
73% of chickens tested positive for the presence of Campylobacter
0.1% (five samples) of packaging tested positive at the highest band of contamination
7% of packaging tested positive for the presence of Campylobacter
*More than 1,000 colony forming units per gram (>1,000 cfu/g). These units indicate the degree of contamination on each sample.
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