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6th July 2004

A survey carried out for the Food and Drink Federation found that most members of the public are aware of the names of the major food poisoning bugssalmonella, E.coli 0157 and campylobacter. However when it came to protecting themselves and their families, their personal hygiene was lacking.

Forty-two percent of the 2,000 interviewed did not always wash their hands after contact with pets, and more than half did not wash before eating. Almost one in three men (31%) and 17% of women confessed to not washing their hands after going to the toilet. Perhaps most shockingly, a quarter of men and 17 % of women did not always wash their hands before preparing food!

Prof Hugh Pennington, a microbiologist from the University of Aberdeen said: There will be those who accuse us of being patronising by focusing on something as basic as handwashing. I say to them the next time you meet someone and shake their hand, there's a one in five chance that they are one of those who do not always wash their hands after going to the toilet!

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Wishaw area hit by another outbreak

31st May 2006

A butcher shop in the village of Law has closed voluntarily to allow testing to take place after 3 cases of E.coli O157 were identified. Law is situated approximately 2 miles from Wishaw - scene of the country's largest outbreak of E.coli O157 in 1996, in which 20 eld... ...read on

Welsh Nursery Affected

16th May 2006

Testing of 43 nursery and reception pupils at St Illtyd's RC Primary School in Merthyr Tydfil has been going on since last week, when a baby was hospitalised with E.coli. Pupils have been told to stay away until they have submitted two negative tests. ... ...read on

Second Scottish Nursery Hit by E.coli

16th May 2006

Two children are being treated at the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital for E.coli O157 after a second Scottish nursery was hit by the bacterium. The children both attend Dreams Daycare Nursery in Insch. ... ...read on

Outbreak at Fife Nursery

16th May 2006

There now appears to be 13 cases of E.coli O157 linked to the Careshare Nursery at Lauder College in Dunfermline. Four children are being treated for kidney failure at Glasgow's Yorkhill Hospital, while another ... ...read on

E.coli O103 Outbreak in Norway

18th April 2006

Since the middle of February there have been 16 recorded cases of E.coli O103 with one fatality. Norway's Food Safety Authority has been trying to find the source of the outbreak and days after advising Norwegians to throw away ground beef bought this winter, no... ...read on

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