Grocery purchases of chicken in the United Kingdom have declined nearly 7 percent by volume and 4 percent by sales since this time last year. Experts are speculating that the public has been influenced by media coverage of the high levels of Campylobacter contamination found on raw chicken, according to
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Study: 70 Percent of Chickens in UK Stores Test Positive for Campylobacter
Seventy percent of supermarket chickens in the United Kingdom have tested positive for Campylobacter in the first half of a year-long study being conducted by the country’s Food Standards Agency (FSA). In recent years, FSA has said its number-one food safety priority is to reduce contamination of Campylobacter, a foodborne
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UK Retailer Introduces ‘Campylobacter Challenge’
Major British retailer Marks & Spencer has introduced a plan to take on the poultry industry’s longstanding problems with illnesses related to Campylobacter, a foodborne bacterium that causes diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain and fever. In August, the U.K. Food Standards Agency reported that it found Campylobacter on 59 percent of
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‘Hygiene Failings’ Under Investigation at UK Poultry Processing Plants
A five-month Guardian investigation which uncovered “hygiene failings” at two of the largest UK poultry processors has prompted the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and three major supermarkets in the UK to launch their own inquiries. The allegations have been directed at two factories owned by 2 Sisters Food Group which
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Marks & Spencer Recalls Mussels After UK Illnesses
British retailer Marks & Spencer is recalling three mussel-based food products after illnesses were reported in the U.K. All packs of the following products haven been removed from sale and are being recalled from customers:
- M&S Mussels in Garlic
- Unique code: 00604819 & 00929189
- “Use by” date: all dates
- M&S
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