Food Standards Scotland has cited an independent review supporting its handling of an E. coli outbreak investigation traced to a cheesemaker in 2016 in response to “ongoing commentary” on the case.
The agency has come under pressure as Errington Cheese has always denied its cheese was responsible for the outbreak.
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The owner of Scotland’s Errington Cheese Ltd. told a court this week that her business did not test its products for a harmful strain of E.coli that claimed the life of a 3-year-old child during a 2016 outbreak.
Selina Cairns said her firm did not carry out spot checks on
Continue Reading Cheese maker did not test raw milk for E. coli ; 1 died, 25 fell ill
Two days before Christmas, Scotland’s troubled Errington Cheese Ltd. recalled all batches, all sizes, and all date codes of its Dunsyre Blue cheese because the product contains Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall notice puts Errington’s Dunsyre Blue back in the news just two months after the Crown decided not to prosecute
Continue Reading Listeria is the latest pathogen to rock Scotland’s Errington Cheese
Based on the existing evidence, the Crown Office announced Monday it would not prosecute Scotland’s Errington Cheese Ltd. or its owners for the death of a 3-year old girl in September 2016.
A criminal prosecution is still possible if new evidence becomes available and the authorities may conduct a Fatal
Continue Reading Crown won’t prosecute Errington Cheese for 3 year old’s death
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has issued a statement on its involvement with a multi-agency Incident Management Team (IMT), chaired by Health Protection Scotland, which had been investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157 in Scotland. FSS announced that the team “has stood down” as of Sept. 5, when it declared
Continue Reading Food Standards Scotland declares E. coli outbreak officially over
The events that led to the death of a Scottish child, who was among 20 people infected with E. coli O157 (VTEC), began with the July 29 “precautionary recall” of two batches of Dunsyre Blue cheese suspected of containing the pathogen. Recalled were the “C22” batch with best-before dates of
Continue Reading Scottish child dead; controversy plagues E. coli investigation
