Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what monitoring the Food Standards Agency undertakes to assess the prevalence of foodborne pathogens, including Salmonella and Campylobacter, in chicken meat produced from fast-growing and slower-growing breeds.

No such assessment related to the speed of growth has been conducted, but the Food Standards Agency conducts regular surveillance of foodborne pathogens, including Campylobacter and Salmonella species, in chicken meat held out for retail sale in the United Kingdom, and keeps the factors affecting their prevalence under regular review.