E. Coli Outbreak Development

As of 25 June, there have been 275 cases of STEC O145 since 4th June. . Investigations have highlighted pre-packaged sandwich products containing lettuce as the likely source of the outbreak. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have published precautionary product recall alerts here detailing products that are potentially contaminated with E. coli. Retailers should stop selling these products to their customers. Guidance on this can be found here.

You can read the UK government Press Release on this issue here.