UK supermarkets recall cooked chicken in salmonella scare

Sandwiches and wraps from Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Aldi are among products to be removed

More than 100 products containing cooked chicken - including sandwiches and wraps sold at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Aldi, the Co-op, Pret a Manger and Marks & Spencer - have been removed from sale after a salmonella scare at a major supplier.

Cranswick Country Foods said it had asked its customers to remove all their products containing its ready-to-eat chicken produced during a particular period after a routine internal inspection" identified the presence of salmonella on a limited number" of such products at its poultry processing plant in Hull.