Research -Millions of chickens with food-poisoning superbug end up in YOUR supermarkets because the birds are resistant to antibiotics

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Millions of chickens carrying superbug strains of the food-poisoning bacteria campylobacter end up in supermarkets, a study has found.

Some 73 per cent of chickens sold in the High Street in 2014-15 were carrying campylobacter, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Research published yesterday reveals that 75 per cent of these were resistant to at least one antibiotic or antimicrobial.

 

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