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UK woman critically ill with E.coli O55

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A young woman from Guildford has been left in a critical condition in hospital after she contracted E.coli O55.

Alexander Brock of Get Surrey writes the victim and her sister, whose family have asked us not to name, both fell ill within hours of each other on Saturday September 16.

Public Health England (PHE) confirmed it was investigating “a confirmed case of E.coli O55 in Surrey.”

The eldest of the two sisters, aged 22, recovered after a few days of having symptoms such as diarrhoea and abdominal pain.

However, the health of the younger sister, 19, quickly deteriorated and she was rushed to Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford a few days after becoming ill.

She then suffered kidney failure, which developed into hemolytic uremic syndrome.

This led to several of her organs failing, including her heart. The woman has been in critical condition at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London since September 27.

The strain has been confirmed as E.coli O55, which 31 people contracted in an outbreak in Dorset between July 2014 and November 2015.

In a statement, PHE added there had been other recorded E.coli cases in children in neighbouring areas which have been “identified as being potentially linked.”

 

The foodborne illness parade

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I have a few signature dishes that I cook regularly: corn/basil salad, beef bourguignon, butternut squash soup and steak salad. They are in a weekly rotation. People (Dani) tells me that the meals are good.

But I wouldn’t sell them.

Cooking for my family and cooking for the public, and selling it are two totally different things.IMG_4513.JPG

Most regulatory bodies in North America treat them differently (stuff for sale is regulated and food that’s prepared and eaten at home isn’t) except, in Surrey, British Columbia (that’s in Canada), according to The Leader.

In Surrey, food that’s made in homes, and sold by homeowners along a parade route, as long as it’s sold on the homeowners property, goes is exempt from food safety regs.

What?

If you plan to make food for the Vaisakhi parade this year, you better get cooking early.

Private citizens and businesses wishing to serve home-made food to the public on commercial roadways along the parade route are required to fill out a temporary food premises permit application.

Erin Labbé, a spokeswoman for Fraser Health, said officials will be following the health authority’s enforcement protocols for the April 18 event.

“Sometimes at festivals, depending on the types of foods served and the duration of the event, enforcement can lead to immediate closures, based on risk,” Labbé said.

However, the food safety regulations don’t apply to people serving home-cooked meals on their own property along the parade route. This means if people are standing on their own front lawns erving their meals they are not at risk of being shut down.

Hygiene failures: 36 Surrey restaurants closed by Fraser Health in 2014

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Thirty-six Surrey, B.C. restaurants were closed at one point or another last year by Fraser Health. That number is up 16 from 2013, during which 20 restaurants were received closure orders. All but two of the restaurants on the 2014 list were re-opened after they made the satisfactory changes.

surrey.restThe most common reason for the restaurant closures were related to hygiene, with many being closed down for not being maintained in a sanitary condition, or failure to ensure utensils or surfaces are maintained in a sanitary manner. Others were closed for maintenance or equipment issues.

Fourteen of the restaurants were cited to have pest problems and one restaurant, Bukjang Korean Restaurant, was cited for a “failure to ensure the food was obtained from approved sources.”

Inderjeet Gill, manager in health protection at Fraser Health said that restaurant in particular had been sourcing eggs that were cracked, soiled and feathered and remains closed after having their permit revoked. Biryani Garden Restaurant also remains closed.

E. coli kills BC senior; bacteria likely came from food served in a senior’s complex

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An E. coli outbreak at a Surrey, B.C. (that’s in Canada) seniors’ home last month sent three people to hospital, one of whom later died.

But a spokesman for the Fraser Health Authority said Thursday it’s not known whether the person died as a result of the outbreak, which is believed to have been linked to a shared meal.

Roy Thorpe-Dorward said twice a week the 257 residents at Kiwanis Park Place get together for a meal in the independent living facility. But after one such meal, believed to have been served between Nov. 8 and 14, three of the seniors became ill.

He said Fraser Health had found no problems with the home’s meal service during regular inspections.

"It’s thought to be linked to food preparation, either improper handling of food, inadequate cooking or improper cleaning of food surfaces," he said.

The two others who fell ill have recovered.