Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Labour’s Shadow Food and Farming Minister, responding to the Food Standard Agency publication of the FSA’s retail survey on levels of chickens contaminated with campylobacter taken from samples taken between February and November 2014, said:

“Consumers will rightly expect that all retailers take this issue extremely seriously and put in place robust measures to tackle the industry-wide challenge of reducing levels of contaminated chickens. These disappointing results suggest that none of the retailers are achieving the joint industry target for reducing campylobacter.

“After the horsemeat scandal and the recent allegations of hygiene failings in the poultry industry we need a better plan to restore confidence in the food sector. Labour will make sure that a transparent Food Standards Agency puts the consumer first and is able to challenge the industry to improve standards.”