It's safe for children in E.coli outbreak town to go back to school, say health officials (From Herald Scotland) : heraldscotland

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It's safe for children in E.coli outbreak town to go back to school, say health officials (From Herald Scotland)

It's safe for children in E.coli outbreak town to go back to school, say health officials (From Herald Scotland)

HEALTH officials have assured parents it is safe for pupils to go back to nursery and school after a dedicated ward was set up to treat a small number of children from the Angus area in an E.coli 0157 outbreak.NHS Tayside on Tuesday confirmed they had set aside a section with Ninewells Hospital in Dundee for a "small number" of affected children as investigations continue into an outbreak.A three-year-old girl from the area is understood to be seriously ill in a hospital in Glasgow and has received a blood transfusion.


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Food standards regulator defends actions in E.coli outbreak gourmet cheese ban (From Herald Scotland)

Food standards regulator defends actions in E.coli outbreak gourmet cheese ban (From Herald Scotland)

SCOTLAND's food safety watchdog has defended its actions in the E.coli outbreak linked to a gourmet cheese.Food Standards Scotland in declaring the crisis, which claimed the life of a child, over said it was following standard procedure in its actions which led to a recall of two batches of Dunsyre Blue cheese and a temporary ban on the sale of the product pending investigation.Humphrey Errington, owner of the firm Errington Cheese which produces Dunsyre said the E.coli said last week how FSS had insufficient proof that his cheese was responsible for July's outbreak of E.coli.


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Seattle's Matador restaurant reopens after E.coli outbreak linked to eatery

Seattle's Matador restaurant reopens after E.coli outbreak linked to eatery

- -BREAKING NEWSSeattle's Matador restaurant reopens after E.coli outbreak linked to eaterySeptember 18, 2016"Additionally, Public Health inspectors have reviewed and reiterated standard operating procedures and safe food handling practices, including produce-washing, equipment cleaning, and ensuring that ill food workers are excluded from work.An additional follow-up inspection will be conducted in two weeks," said the statement issued by the health agency.Public Health - Seattle & King County also said the investigation into the source of the recent E. coli outbreak is ongoing and that, "To date, we know that of the ten people infected with this strain of E. coli, seven of them ate food from the Matador (including five King County residents).