Campylobacter chicken levels at major UK retailers

02.12.2021

The results for Campylobacter in fresh poultry meat at major UK retailers, for the 3rd Quarter of 2021 (July to September), are as follows:
Morrison: 1.79% of the chickens have the higher levels of contamination compared to the FSA retail target of 7% from a sample of 112 chickens tested.
Aldi: 6.9% of birds were in the >1,000 cfu/g category.
Co-op: 0.9% of our chickens sampled had contamination at levels greater than 1,000 cfu/g.