Urgent health warning after E.coli outbreak linked to ‘nationally distributed food item’

https://news.sky.com/story/urgent-health-warning-after-ecoli-outbreak-linked-to-nationally-distributed-food-item-13148816

by topotaul

33 comments

  1. Doesn’t say what the item is, just to take extra care when prepping food.

  2. Article suggests not sure which items yet. Practice good hygine and don’t prep food for others if you have symptoms seems to be the gist for now

  3. Worth noting that the headline isn’t being clickbaity, they just haven’t identified the cause yet and it’s likely to be linked to some sort of nationally distributed food item

  4. Interesting that they’ve felt the need to say this even though they don’t know what “nationally distributed food item” is causing it.

  6. So could be anything, just made beef burgers, was going to have iceberg lettuce in then and for some reason at the last second I looked at the lettuce and just had an overwhelming feeling to not have any so did not, I wonder if this is how guardian angels work?

    I over cooked the actually beef patties so should be ok with them I hope.

    Anyone one know what other common food items could be infected?

  8. Just as advice has been given out to not swim in rivers until 3 days after rain, due to the increase in E.coli risk. I wouldn’t be surprised if water supplies were contaminated, and this news article is just a distraction.

  9. But the UKHSA ruled out the disease spreading through water, saying there was “currently no evidence linking the outbreak to open farms, drinking water or swimming in contaminated seawater, lakes or rivers.”

    Just got to make sure we make note that it’s not the rotten contaminated water spreading this one

  10. Ah, man, nationally distributed food item is one of my favourite food items 🙁

  11. I’ve never had food poisoning or similar symptoms so bad than recently.

    I’ve had it twice in 6 weeks but usually I go years between cases.

    Each occasion I ate mince for the first time in months

    Had mince while I was on holiday and was fine

  12. Ok great, so avoid eating because it might be infected with e.coli, and avoid drinking water because it might be infected with shit.

  13. At this point the UK is literally a floating island of faeces and disease.  

  14. Ah thanks for the warning, I’ll avoid NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED FOOD ITEM from now on!

  15. But deep-fried Nationally Distributed Food Item is my fave dish, don’t tell me I have to fall back on Non-Nationally Distributed Food Item……..that tastes like shit.

  16. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s beef. There’s a trend for proper burgers but our mince is a bit risky and should be thoroughly cooked, not pink. 

  17. “Soylent Blue is in short supply, but Soylent Green is the new healthy alternative from our nutrient rich sovereign coastal waters”.

  19. Waiting for Batman to crack the secret of the dangerous food combinations.

  20. A national warning, without telling us which food to avoid? Amazing…

  21. What fucking food??? They obviously know. I bet it’s fucking milk.

  23. This is so useful. Make us all worried, but apart from not buying food, what action can we do to be safe. Ridiculous.

  24. Does tap water count as a nationally distributed food item?

  25. In other words: shit yourself with fear…that is all

  26. Not going to lie I thought this was another Thames water headline not a nationally distributed food item.

  27. Something like this was always on the cards sooner or later. A couple of years ago, there was a spot check of lorries and 21 out of 22 lorries had rotten or improperly stored food in them. We have all noticed a significant drop in food quality and availability since Brexshit and don’t tell me it’s because of the war in Ukraine.
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/port-officials-siezed-illegal-products-maggot-meat-dover-raid-b1033827.html

    The new testing regime is a tory joke.

  28. Oh well, at least we all have our government supplied nutrient paste, we don’t really need food item. My favourite paste is flavour 2, but I ran out of it and only have flavour 1 in the house. I was going to go to the government supply building and exchange my social coupons for more, but then I remembered that I couldn’t drive there as owning a car is illegal because it’s bad for the environment. Unfortunately the train didn’t turn up either, because the track it’s meant to go on still hasn’t been built.

    I’m not greedy though, I have flavour 1 and I can survive on it; not everyone in the world is this fortunate. I will watch government channel 1 tonight to take my mind off it. I have a big day at work tomorrow, where I am very important (I do job 7 for a living).

  29. I’m Kent Brockman. On the 11:00 news tonight, a certain kind of soft drink has been found to be lethal. We won’t tell you which one until after sports and the weather with Funny Sonny Storm.

  30. They are presuming it’s a nationally distributed food item. I don’t think it is. I think it’s the water coming out of our taps. But they won’t admit that

  31. Household of 3. Just recovered from what we thought was Norovirus. All had a major fast food breakfast before being ill. The article says young adults are most likely to have it, who are also most likely to visit major fast food place. I also suppose major fast food place is nationally distributed. I have a hunch.

  32. Nationally Distributed Food Item production is increased thanks to our dear government! Of course some might have ecoli – this is an acceptable price to pay.

  33. This warning is like you may get hit by a car if you go outside, what it feels like when you get hit, how to prevent to get hit.

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