Ten years after the death of 5-year-old Mason Jones from E. coli O157:H7, Lord Justice of Appeal Patrick Elias has decided to let the 2010 inquest into the boy’s death stand. Elias found there
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38 Sickened in UK E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Prepackaged Salad
Health officials in England are tracking an outbreak of E. coli O157 linked to prepackaged salad that has sickened 38 people. The Verocytotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) cases were first identified in early August 2015 by
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Nine Hospitalized in British Salmonella Outbreak
British public-health investigators are tracking the source of a Salmonella outbreak which has put nine people in the hospital and sickened 57. Those who became ill range in age from an infant to an 87-year-old.
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E. coli Conference: Research Should Focus on the Source
The report from the so-called “supershedders” conference on the future of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) research — held recently in Scotland — is out. It identifies key knowledge gaps and recommends areas for future research.
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London Restaurants Post Food Inspection Scores
Just before the 2012 Summer Olympics, restaurants in London are publicly posting their inspection ratings for the first time.
It’s not an A-to-F letter grade like those now seen in many locations in the United
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Food Safety Advocate Nominated as 'Mum of Year'
Sharon Mills, the mother of 5-year-old Mason Jones, who died in 2005 in the largest-ever E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Wales, has been nominated for Mum of the Year.
Mills, 36, is being recognized for
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Eight Months in Wales for Hygienic Violations
The former owner of the Llay Fish Bar is going to jail for eight months and is banned from ever being in the food business again.
Wales has delivered justice for the 2009 Llay Fish
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Wales Coroner Finds the System Killed Mason Jones
Butcher William John Tudor sold rotten meat for years, according to testimony in a coroner’s inquest in Wales this week, but that did not lead to a verdict against him for unlawful killing.
Instead, Gwent
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Former “Chip Shop” Owner Faces Charges
Ramazan Asian, former owner of the Llay Fish Bar in northern Wales, must appear before the town magistrate’s court on Sept. 23, the Wrexham Council has ordered.
The Llay Fish Bar, which sold fish and
Wales Food Safety Project Launched
Scientists at Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental, and Rural Sciences launched a £460,000 Improved Food Safety research project at the Royal Welsh Show on July 19. The project’s aim is to reduce the incidence
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