Following a 2012 Christmas Day turkey dinner at a London-area pub that sickened approximately 33 people and may have killed one of them, the manager and chef were recently sentenced to jail terms. Chef Mehmet Kaya and Manager Ann-Marie McSweeney of the Railway Hotel in Hornchurch, Essex (east of London)
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UK to Seek 'Urgent Specialist Advice' for E. coli
The United Kingdom’s government-run health care system will be taking verocytotoxin-producing E. coli infection (VTEC) in children more seriously in the future.
The UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) Monday said new guidelines will emphasize the need for primary care clinicians to seek “urgent specialist advice” whenever a child is reported…
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Listeria Strikes More Ethnic, Low Income Women
Pregnant women who come from ethnic backgrounds and low-income areas have a higher risk of infection from listeria food poisoning, according to research for the United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency.
The findings are contained in two studies published in the recent edition of Eurosurveillance.
The studies found 1,510 cases of…
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UK Food, Water Safe from Volcano
Thirty years ago when Mount St. Helens exploded in Washington state, it gave a whole new meaning to the concept of washing your fruits and vegetables. It was like being dumped on dry cement mix.
While a major inconvenience, food and water safety were not put at risk by the…
Anthrax Links Heroin Deaths In UK & Germany
The deaths of two heroin users, a recent one in England and another one last December in Germany, may be linked by anthrax.
Tests carried out at the United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) and Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and Friedrich-Loeffler Institute (FLI) on the strain of anthrax isolated…
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HPA Probes E. coli in Travelers to Spain
One of Spain’s most important resorts on the western Mediterranean is infecting British travelers with E. coli O157:H7, the United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) reported over the weekend.
Spain’s resort of Benidorm is the common factor for up to 14 confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7, HPA reports. British…
UK Investigating Salmonella in Eggs
In response to two deaths and nine recent outbreaks of Salmonella in the United Kingdom, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) is launching a full investigation, the Telegraph reported Saturday.
Since August 130 people in the United Kingdom have fallen ill and 3 have been hospitalized with the same strain of…