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Salmonella investigation after nine outbreaks and two deaths - Daily Telegraph 31st October 2009
"A salmonella warning has been issued as two people die in nine outbreaks across the country, prompting the Health Protection Agency to launch a full investigation."
Waitrose recalls milk after concerns of contamination with cleaning fluid - The Times 24th October 2009
"The supermarket Waitrose last night announced recalled a batch of its semi-skimmed milk amid fears it may be tainted with cleaning solution.
A spokeswoman said that its 1.136 litre (2pt) cartons of Essential Waitrose semi-skimmed milk, which are marked “Display until 01 Nov/Use By 02 Nov”, had been affected. "
Child dies after contracting E. coli - The Times 7th October 2009
"A young child has died after contracting E. coli, the food poisoning bug at the centre of separate outbreaks at two children’s “petting” farms in the past two months.
The death of the toddler from Devon is not linked to either of the two outbreaks the Health Protection Agency said today. It is not known how the child contracted the infection, which causes stomach upsets and diarrhoea. "
Food bug present on 65% of chicken on sale - The Independent 6th October 2009
"A food bug that causes 55,000 people to fall ill every year is present on 65 per cent of chicken on sale in the UK, research showed today.
Campylobacter, which causes diarrhoea, cramping and abdominal pain, was found in almost two thirds of chicken samples tested, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) found. Salmonella was in 6 per cent of samples."
Lethal food bug found in two thirds of chickens - The Times 6th October 2009
"A food poisoning bug that kills an estimated 80 people a year in Britain is found in two thirds of all chickens on sale in the country.
A survey for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) found that contamination in “home-produced” chickens was even higher, with 76 per cent of all samples of whole birds and chicken portions, including those farmed to free-range and organic standards, infected by campylobacter. "
Two thirds of fresh chicken bought on High Street 'contains bug that kills 70 Britons a year' - Daily Mail 6th October 2009
"Three quarters of fresh British chicken is contaminated with the potentially lethal food poisoning bug campylobacter.
Eighty people die each year from the infection, from a total of 440,000 cases. "
Two-thirds of chicken 'has bug' - BBC Health News 6th October 2009
"Two-thirds of chicken on sale in the UK is contaminated with a bacterium which can cause severe food poisoning, research shows.
Campylobacter, which can cause diarrhoea, cramping and abdominal pain, causes 55,000 cases of food poisoning a year in the UK. "
Salmonella care home woman dies - BBC Health News 6th October 2009
"An elderly resident of a care home in Wearside has died in hospital after contracting salmonella.
The woman, believed to be in her 70s, was one of eight staff and residents at the Millum House Care Home in Roker, Sunderland, who had become infected."
Girl ‘infected by E coli at farm’ six months before alert - The Sunday Times 4th September 2009
"A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl who suffered kidney failure in March is thought to have been made ill by E coli contracted at the farm which six months later was at the centre of national alert.
Holly Nethercoat was kept in an isolation unit at Great Ormond Street hospital, London for two weeks after a visit to Godstone farm in Surrey. The farm was forced to close three weeks ago after 12 children were hospitalised after the outbreak of the virus and another 75 were taken ill."
Heston Blumenthal offers free meal to diners made ill after eating at Fat Duck - The Times 26th September 2009
Diners who were struck down with a vomiting bug after eating at Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck restaurant in Bray have been offered a free meal there.
The offer made yesterday to each of the 529 diners will cost his business more than £50,000. It came two weeks after an investigation blamed the outbreak on sewage-infested oysters and razor clams.
Big Sheep and Little Cow Farm in Bedale is fifth to close over E. coli - The Times 25th September 2009
A fifth farm attraction has closed down all areas where children and adults have contact with animals following a new E. coli outbreak in Yorkshire.
The Big Sheep and Little Cow Farm in Bedale, North Yorkshire, is being investigated by health chiefs in connection with possible linked to three cases of the 0157 sickness bug.
Ponies or rabbits 'to blame for E coli outbreak at Godstone Farm' - The Times 22nd September 2009
Shetland ponies or wild rabbits may have been to blame for the E. coli outbreak at a farm in Surrey.
Sixty-seven children and adults have been treated for the bug and eight are still in hospital in a stable condition.
Three more E coli cases at Surrey farm take total to 67 - The Guardian 21st September 2009
Three more cases of E coli were today confirmed by health officials at a petting farm. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said the number of people reporting symptoms of the O157 strain of the infection, linked to Godstone farm in Surrey, had risen to 67.
E coli cases lead experts to look at ban on petting farm animals - The Observer 20th September 2009
The number of cases of E coli linked to a farm in Surrey rose to 64 today as the government asked a panel of experts to decide whether children should be banned from petting farm animals.
The decision to rethink the current guidance came after one of the country's leading authorities on diseases said parents should "think very hard" about letting under-fives touch animals at petting farms.
E coli outbreak: call for petting farms to stop children stroking the animals - The Observer 20th September 2009
Young children are risking the spread of E coli by touching the animals at zoos and farms, say medical experts
E coli fears lead to closure of fourth farm - The Guardian 18th September 2009
A fourth children's petting farm was closed tonight as health experts investigated a potential link with three people who have been infected with E coli.
World of Country Life farm, in Exmouth, Devon, was shut on the advice of East Devon District Council and the Health Protection Agency (HPA). The agency said it was "acting on information that potentially linked the farm with three individuals with confirmed E coli O157 infection". The farm has closed voluntarily while the local authority, the HPA and its partners conduct an investigation.
Third farm closed in E coli alert - The Guardian 18th September 2009
White Post farm in Nottinghamshire shut after same strain confirmed in second visitor
E. coli may become notifiable disease after farm outbreak - The Independent on Sunday 20th September 2009
E. coli could be upgraded to a "notifiable disease" – on a par with infections like smallpox and measles – to speed up detecting outbreaks.
News of the development came as the number of cases of E. coli O157 linked to Godstone Farm in Surrey yesterday reached 57. The count is three times the normal rate of 15 to 20 cases that the Health Protection Agency (HPA) attributes to open or petting farms in England and Wales each year.
Parents warned of high E coli risk on farms - The Sunday Times 20th September 2009
PARENTS who visit petting farms were this weekend warned that 40% of cattle herds carry the potentially dangerous strain of bacterium at the centre of an outbreak in Surrey.
The number of children who have fallen ill after visiting Godstone farm has reached 57, with 10 still in hospital. None is seriously ill. Three other farm attractions have shut down in recent days.
Third petting farm closed over fears of new E.coli outbreak - The Times 18th September 2009
Two new cases of the bug have been confirmed, with both patients having visited White Post Farm, north of Nottingham
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