Campylobacter: tests fail to show organic chicken has higher infection rate

Food Standards Agency says its focus is on reducing levels of the bug rather than focusing on farming methods

Checks on levels of the potentially lethal bug campylobacter in fresh chicken do not show whether birds reared using organic methods were more contaminated that those produced by mass-market systems.

Though experts said the organic birds appeared to be more contaminated, the low sample size meant they could not come to a firm conclusion.