Results are in from the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) second year survey into incidence of campylobacter on fresh shop-bought chickens.

The results for the first quarter July to September 2015 show:

• 15% of chickens tested positive for campylobacter within the highest band of contamination, down from 22% in same period 2014
• 76% of chickens tested positive for the presence of campylobacter, down from 83% in 2014.
• 0.3% of packaging tested positive at the highest band of contamination
• 6% of packaging tested positive for the presence of campylobacter, down from 8.8% in 2014

To see the full report visit: www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/campylobacter-retail-survey-jul-sept-2015.pdf