New report says most supermarket chickens contaminated with lethal poisoning bug. Public concerns are rising in UK as the latest results of food safety tests by the Food Standards Agency show that three-quarters of fresh chickens on sales in supermarkets and butchers are contaminated with potentially lethal food poisoning, campylobacter. According to the agency, the worst contamination rates were found... 

Britain’s Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has demanded the Foods Standards Agency (FSA) conduct an urgent inquiry into two UK factories’ alleged poor hygiene practices. The factories are at the heart of a campylobacter scandal that could pose a serious risk to public health. A body of contentious evidence amassed by Guardian journalists over a five month period has prompted Hunt to request... 

New research has warned that washing raw chicken, through spreading infection, could increase the risk of food poisoning. Washing meat before cooking was found to spread deadly bacteria called campylobacter, experts claimed. The bacteria infect the things around such as work surfaces, clothing and cooking equipment, through the splashing of water droplets. Campylobacter bacteria, as the most common...