Monday 18 July 2016

Health fears mount over rocket consumption as deadly e-coli strain kills two and dozens are rushed to hospital

Health fears mount over rocket consumption as deadly e-coli strain kills two and dozens are rushed to hospital Warnings have been issued over rocket leaves sold to supermarkets and restaurants which may contain a deadly strain of E.coli that has so far killed two people and left dozens needing hospital treatment.

Authorities have ordered wholesalers supplying UK restaurant chains and supermarkets to stop importing rocket from the Mediterranean, where the infected leaves are thought to have originated.

However, rocket infected with the E.coli strain “0157” could already be on retailers’ shelves and in shoppers’ fridges. More than 150 people have become infected with bacteria. The Daily Telegraph

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