E-coli scandal continues: superbug now found on nearly HALF of Lidl chickens tested

> The test examined 40 fresh chicken products sold in Lidl’s UK stores

What were the results from the chicken products they tested from Tesco, Sainsbury, ASDA, Morrisons, etc.

And if they didn’t test chicken products from Tesco, Sainsbury, ASDA, Morrisons, etc. then why not.

Thought they said it was in the lettuce? Now it’s in chicken?

Have the chickens been eating that lettuce?

I’m only going to eat chocolate hobnobs now to be safe.

This is unrelated to the current outbreak, it’s old news.

Finding some strain of ecoli on raw meat is expected. Some studies put it at over 90% prevalance in chicken, most hover around the 50% mark. This is why you cook meat (When you look specifically for shiga toxin producing ecoli which are more important when it comes to public health those numbers drop to a few percent).

The more notable finding is the high prevalance of multi antibiotic resistant bacteria – but this has been a well-known growing issue for years thanks to the misuse of antibiotics in agriculture.

It’s not just e-coli MRSA was detected in 58% of chicken meat sampled.

There can be no excuse to condone poor animal welfare or the cutting of corners when comes to food offered for sale by our supermarkets. They have been the principal beneficiaries of the rampant food price inflation we’ve been subjected to. Their profits post pandemic speak volumes.