Monday 18 July 2016
Mixed salad leaves linked to E coli outbreak that has killed two in UK
Public Health England advises thorough washing of leaves including rocket after 151 people fall ill, with 62 needing hospital care
Health watchdogs have warned people to thoroughly wash mixed salad leaves after the food item appeared to be the source of an outbreak of E coli food poisoning that has so far infected 151 people in Britain, leaving two of them dead.
Public Health England (PHE) said several of those affected were known to have eaten mixed salad, including rocket, before becoming unwell.
Symptoms can include bloody diarrhoea, stomach cramps and occasionally fever. People usually notice signs of the illness three to four days after they have been infected, but symptoms can start any time between one and 14 days after ingesting the bacteria and can last up to two weeks.
Testing of samples from those who had fallen ill also indicated the strain of E coli 0157 was likely to have been imported, possibly from the Mediterranean.
Mixed salad leaves linked to E coli outbreak that has killed two in UK
Public Health England advises thorough washing of leaves including rocket after 151 people fall ill, with 62 needing hospital care
Health watchdogs have warned people to thoroughly wash mixed salad leaves after the food item appeared to be the source of an outbreak of E coli food poisoning that has so far infected 151 people in Britain, leaving two of them dead.
Public Health England (PHE) said several of those affected were known to have eaten mixed salad, including rocket, before becoming unwell.
Symptoms can include bloody diarrhoea, stomach cramps and occasionally fever. People usually notice signs of the illness three to four days after they have been infected, but symptoms can start any time between one and 14 days after ingesting the bacteria and can last up to two weeks.
Testing of samples from those who had fallen ill also indicated the strain of E coli 0157 was likely to have been imported, possibly from the Mediterranean.
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