Danish retailer pulling campy chicken off grocery shelves

Metroxpress reports that Danish food brand Løgismose will be pulling a batch of chicken infected with Campylobacter off grocery shelves.

Princip KyllingDangerous levels of the pathogen have been detected in chicken labelled ‘Princip Kylling’ and ‘Løgismose Kylling’ with an expiry date of 22 February 2016. Packets labelled ‘Løgismose Kyllingelår og Kyllingebryst’ and stamped with an expiry date of 23 February 2016 have also been contaminated. The chicken is being sold at Netto and other supermarkets.

Steen Olsen, the chief operating officer at Løgismose, said that while the situation is regrettable, it unfortunately happens sometimes as Løgismose‘s chickens are all free-range.

“Unfortunately, this is what happens sometimes. In contrast to other brands, our chickens are let out in the open. This means that they sometimes eat insects that are to blame for the campylobacter bacteria,” he said.