I had never heard of whelks, which are apparently sea snails, and I still don’t buy seafood from trucks parked at the side of the road.

What the UK Food Standards Agency reported on back in Sept. has now been formalized in a report from Eurosurveillance.

An increase in the number of cases of Salmonella enterica serotype Goldcoast infection was observed in England during September 2013. A total of 38 cases were reported, with symptom onset dates between 21 June and 6 October 2013. Epidemiological, environmental, microbiological and food chain evidence all support the conclusion that this outbreak was associated with eating whelks processed by the same factory. Whelks are a novel vehicle of Salmonella infection and should be considered when investigating future outbreaks.