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E.coli Infections Rise in UK Due to Salad Leaf Outbreaks
ENGLAND, JUL 31 – Health officials reported 2,544 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli cases in 2024, including 293 from a salad leaf outbreak causing 126 hospitalizations and 7 deaths.
- The UKHSA reported a 26 per cent rise in STEC cases in England, totaling 2,544 in 2024, up from 2,018 in 2023.
- The surge was partly driven by a June 2024 salad leaves outbreak, which affected 293 people and contributed to rising STEC cases, UKHSA reports.
- Investigation found five STEC outbreaks last year involving 467 cases across the UK, including 348 in England, and travel-related infections jumped by 60.5 per cent to 183.
- Following FSA warnings, Greencore Group, Samworth Brothers Manton Wood and THIS! withdrew 45 products over contamination fears, prompting major supermarket recalls.
- The Food Standards Agency advises following the ‘4Cs’ principle: chilling below 5°C, cleaning, cooking, and avoiding cross-contamination, on food.gov.uk.
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