A video clip on website YouTube appeared to show Adeel Ayub licking frozen poultry before returning it to the shelf.
The 30-year-old from Preston pleaded guilty to five counts of criminal damage, but denied the chicken-licking incident.
Supermarket worker jailed for nine weeks
AN ASDA shelf-stacker involved in an alleged "chicken-licking" incident at a supermarket, has been jailed for nine weeks.