Escherichia albertii can infect humans and birds, and was first described in 2003 [5]. E. albertii occasionally causes outbreaks of gastroenteritis in humans [1, 9, 15], yet the vehicle of this presumably foodborne pathogen remains unknown. Oaks et al. [12] reported that chickens harbor E. albertii; therefore, we suspected that chicken meat may be a vehicle for transmission of this enteropathogen to humans. It is important to identify the sources of contamination to help develop effective food hygiene protocols. The aim of the present study was to screen retail chicken meat and giblet samples for the presence of E. albertii.