Deadly Lissteria Outbreak : Sandwich and Meat plant both closed
 

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Theses are people that have bought them in hospital shops.
The deadly Listeria came from the Meat Supply Company
no closed.


[Eight hospitals in seven NHS Trusts
have reported cases of listeria linked
to pre-packed sandwiches and salads eaten by patients,
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed.
The list includes Leicester Royal Infirmary
and two hospitals in
Western Sussex NHS Foundation Trust,
along with hospitals in Derby, Liverpool,
Manchester and Wexham.
Nine patients have been affected,
of whom five have died.
The food involved has been withdrawn.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48669288

Infected meat started all this off
Cheap factory processing meat WRONG.

I'm glad I don't eat meat. :omgno: I hope the other people who have consumed the contaminated foods make a full recovery!

Salads and soft cheeses are the normal culprit in Listeria.
Awful thing to have, especially when you are pregnant.

The last outbreak was caused by cucumbers from Spain which were found to have human faeces on them

certain fish foods on cruise ships i also heard something about, which can have the salmonella bacteria

but yeah meat if not baked long enough can include a bacteria, this i know for a long time now, that's why some people, some also including children gotten ill at BBQ party's with half raw hamburgers

when i was on holiday in america, and i did eat meat back then, me and my parents Always asked for it to be baked ''well done''


now some think of certain types of lettuce also having that salmonella bacteria on them, so we wash our vegetables with good bit of warm water, the ones we eat in salads

Yeah "rare" burgers can be a big culprit, because people think that red meat is safe to eat while it's still pink, because (for example) you can eat steak rare or medium... BUT the mistake people make is not knowing that that only applies to whole cuts of meat. The "risky" part on red meat is the exposed surface of the meat and the "inside" should be fine, so it's fine to eat steak rare - because you are flash-frying or grilling the external part and killing harmful bacteria - but NOT raw, and also, as soon as a piece of meat is minced (as it is in a burger) the "outside part" is mushed up through the whole thing and so it has to be completely cooked through before it's safe to eat.

The French especially are AWFUL for serving "rare" burgers in restaurants where the inside is still pink. No thanks, reeeh.