“The Tests – According to tests on 20 grocery store chickens, picking up a package of chicken in Asda, Morrisons, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and Tesco could put you at risk of food poisoning. E. coli was found on one of the chickens from Sainsbury’s.
Staphylococcus aureus, an MRSA-related bacteria that can cause wound infections, was found on a sample from Asda.
Acinetobacter baumannii, which also causes serious wound infections, was found on one chicken from Asda and two from Marks & Spencer. Proteus mirabilis, which can cause urinary tract infections, was found on chickens from Asda, Tesco and Morrisons, and high levels of Micrococcus luteus, which also causes urinary tract infections, were found on a sample from Tesco….”
This story is an interesting parallel to the recent report from Ontario via CBC news about superbug chickens in supermarkets.
Taken together, these stories might indicate that the problems are larger and less localized than they may at first seem.