The Waitrose grocery chain blamed factors outside the control of the retailer and its supply base for poor Campylobacter in chicken results.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) maximum target level is up to 7 percent of birds with more than 1,000 colony-forming units per gram (CFU/g) of Campylobacter.
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Supermarkets in the United Kingdom have reported mixed Campylobacter in chicken results for the first two quarters of 2023.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) maximum target level is up to 7 percent of birds with more than 1,000 colony-forming units per gram (CFU/g) of Campylobacter.
Data from the retailers covers
Continue Reading UK retailers report Campylobacter in chicken data for 2023
Supermarkets in the United Kingdom have reported their Campylobacter in chicken results for late 2022.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) maximum target level is up to 7 percent of birds with more than 1,000 colony-forming units per gram (CFU/g) of Campylobacter.
Data from the retailers covers October to December 2022
Continue Reading UK retailers share Campylobacter in chicken results
Supermarkets in the United Kingdom have reported their Campylobacter in chicken results for the third quarter of 2022.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) maximum level is no more than 7 percent of birds with more than 1,000 colony-forming units per gram (CFU/g) of Campylobacter.
Data from the retailers covers July
Continue Reading UK retailers record good numbers for results of Campylobacter in chicken testing
Lidl has reported Campylobacter in chicken levels above the FSA’s target for the second quarter of 2022.
The supermarket chain recorded 8 percent of birds in the highest category which is up from 2 percent in the previous quarter and 6 percent in the period before that.
The Food Standards
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Supermarkets in the United Kingdom have reported their Campylobacter in chicken results for the first quarter of 2022.
The data covers January to March 2022 for nine retailers on high levels of Campylobacter in fresh, shop-bought, UK-produced chickens.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) maximum level is 7 percent of birds
Continue Reading UK retailers reveal Campylobacter results for early 2022
The supermarket Marks and Spencer has reported better results for Campylobacter in chicken in the latest quarterly figures from the United Kingdom.
The data covers October to December 2021 for nine retailers on high levels of Campylobacter in fresh, shop-bought, UK-produced chickens.
Results at Morrisons, Lidl, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s went
Continue Reading Several supermarkets improve Campylobacter in chicken results
Marks and Spencer has again recorded the highest Campylobacter in chicken results in updated quarterly figures from the United Kingdom.
Campylobacter is the most common cause of bacterial food poisoning in the UK and the dose needed to make people sick can be as low as a few hundred cells.
Continue Reading Retailer’s Campylobacter results above FSA limit
Marks and Spencer has recorded the highest Campylobacter in chicken results in the most recent quarterly figures reported in the United Kingdom.
The newest data covers April to June for nine retailers on Campylobacter in fresh, shop-bought UK-produced chickens.
For Marks and Spencer, 5 percent were in the maximum category
Continue Reading Retailer’s Campylobacter test results in maximum FSA category
None of the top nine retailers in the United Kingdom reported Campylobacter in chicken test results near the FSA limit in the first three months of this year.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) maximum acceptable level is 7 percent of birds with more than 1,000 colony forming units per gram
Continue Reading Major retailers below Campylobacter chicken limit; smaller shops test higher
