Dunsyre Blue cheese named the source of fatal E.coli outbreak last year (From HeraldScotland) stat : Herald Scotland

The consumption of Dunsyre Blue cheese was the source of a fatal E.coli outbreak last year, an investigation has concluded. Lanarkshire-based manufacturer Errington Cheese has always disputed its unpasteurised Dunsyre Blue was the cause of the outbreak. This is particularly in relation to those cases where HPS were unable to find any direct link to Dunsyre Blue." "Extensive investigations concluded that the source of the outbreak was the consumption of Dunsyre Blue." Errington's new season Lanark Blue cheese was recently put on the market.




Food Standards Scotland today confirmed that Dunsyre Blue cheese was the source of the deadly bacteria outbreak. Scottish Food Standards 1 Food Standards Scotland today confirmed that Dunsyre Blue cheese was the source of an E.coli outbreakIn total 26 cases were identified during the outbreak between July and September 2016, with 17 people treated in hospital. Errington Cheese has disputed the findings of Food Standards Scotland. Food Standards Scotland today confirmed that Dunsyre Blue cheese was the sourceClick to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)AN artisan blue cheese has been confirmed as the source of an E.coli outbreak in the summer of 2016, which put 17 people in hospital and left a three-year-old girl dead. The source was traced back to the product produced by Errington Cheese in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.


Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailA probe into an outbreak of E.coli that killed a three-year-old has found that a Scottish blue cheese was the source. A statement yesterday from Errington Cheese said: "All our concerns regarding the investigation and outbreak of illness remain." Two months later, watchdog Food Standards Scotland issued an alert for the recall of all cheese produced by the business. A report by Health Protection Scotland revealed Dunsyre Blue was behind the deadly bug, which left 17 people in hospital last summer. Probe launched into child's death after E.coli outbreak linked to blue cheeseA total of 26 cases of the same strain of E.coli O157, a bacterial infection that can cause severe stomach pain, diarrhoea and kidney failure, were identified between July and September last year.


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