Is this safe to eat ?

...still alive at 81

81 is the new 61, surely?

Just because you ate undercooked chicken in a foreign country, it has no bearing on whether cooked sliced chicken from M&S will make the eater ill. Two totally different scenarios.
Should everyone eating chicken Korma throw it out as they can't see to check the colour of the chicken pieces?

I would eat it. My 30 year old son would too. His GF from Poland said her mum (same age as me) was petrified of salmonella. Can't say I blame her.

We made roast turkey for Christmas, undercooked to keep it moist but got nowhere near the bone. Recooked well done in a curry. Son's GF sad it was the first time she enjoyed Turkey. Of course she may have been polite but she has just asked to come for dinner next week.

I googled Sir Hugh. What an interesting person. He's still alive at 81 with all his experience of eating dodgy food. That's good enough for me. When I was pregnant, I was careful as it wasn't about me.

If the sandwiches are in date and have been refrigerated, I don't see the problem.

Deedum has set the record straight re making her son's sandwiches. There's nothing wrong with a bit of give and take in a family and, without knowing the people involved or the family dynamic, why do posters so quickly jump to conclusions?

Well I’m one of the most cautious so I would bin it

I think it's good that you're taking it back to M&S. It may well be fine to eat but why risk it. Their quality control needs the feedback!

Bin the sandwiches DeeDum...I ate a meal of undercooked chicken on holiday a few years ago ...I was so ill with salmonella poisoning I ended up in hospital. Wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy!

I think it will be fine xx

Ha ha His 24, quite capable but works very long hours and helps us a lot

Anyway I made him egg sandwiches and now taking this chicken back to M&S ...
Must admit I'm surprised at Marks

Chinese whispers?

Who actually said the son is 33? The OP certainly didn't. It's obviously a school kid.

The great Sir Hugh Pennington when asked if on being presented with pink chicken meat would he eat it he said yes. Think a few pink spots would be fine.

jaylucy I've heard that too.
I was also once told that the meat of very young chickens stays pink after thorough cooking.
DeeDum I'm normally very relaxed about food hygiene, but having kept poultry ourselves for 16 years I'm very suspicious about mass poultry rearing and would never buy 'cooked' chicken.

I'm thinking that if he's 33 he ought to be making his own lunch!

Good point, Daisymae!

If there are pink bits on cooked sliced chicken it is usually because the chickens were broilers - used for egg production. My father did explain why they were like that, but can't remember - it's the same when you get reddish brown meat from a roast chicken.
I'd say it would be fine - doesn't look too nice, I know.
Contact M&S with your concerns if you are still not happy.

Only just seen this thread.how did the said sarnies work out?(M&S usually ok though.

If it doubt, don’t.

Your first thought at seeing red on chicken is that it is overcooked, but if you carve well-cooked chicken off the bone you will notice that where it touches the bone itself the meat is often reddish-brown. Is that what you saw?

If you still don't like the look of it, take it back to M&S and ask THEM if it is OK. If it is undercooked, they can pass it on to the suppliers and make sure it doesn't happen again. Just binning it without informing them isn't completely putting the problem right.

Chicken stays pink sometimes depending on how it's baked. Doesn't mean it's not cooked. If it was in date and smelled ok, it's fine. The red specks are nothing to worry about. Chickens have blood.

Don’t do it.
Chicken should not be used in sandwiches unless they can be refrigerated.
If it’s pink do not risk it.
These meats may have a quality label but they are processed in huge factories and travel miles before ending up on the supermarkets shelves.
I was hospitalised with campylobacter last year, I was seriously ill. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.

I'm thinking that if he's 33 he ought to be making his own lunch!

I agree, how old is your son?

If he's 3 I might bin them. 33? He will be fine.

I've seen little red traces on chicken slices from Marks/Waitrose (other supermarkets are available) and it's always fine. Like you I pick the clearest of the meat and the give the pink bits to the dog.

Who is still alive and kicking!

I would put them in the fridge, they're fine. Wondering how old your son is?

It would have been in the bin by now knowing me. I'd starve first.

If you are worried go and make him something else otherwise you may not sleep.