Deadly salmonella outbreak in UK linked to chicken products Matthew Weaver © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Janice Haney Carr/PA
At least one person has died and more than 200 children have been poisoned in an ongoing salmonella outbreak in the UK linked to cheap breaded chicken products containing Polish poultry.
The first cases of the outbreak date back to January 2020 but cases continue to be reported. So far 480 cases of the food poisoning bug salmonella enteritidis have been recorded, of which 44% were in children aged 16 or under.
The Food Standards Agency, which covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and Food Standards Scotland have issued a series of recalls for suspect processed chicken that has been available at Sainsbury, Morrisons Lidl, Aldi, and Iceland.
Salmonella: Chicken products recalled amid outbreak
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A warning over salmonella outbreaks has been issued by the Food Standards Agency TWO ongoing salmonella outbreaks have led to food standards and public health chiefs issuing a reminder to residents over taking care when handling and cooking frozen raw breaded chicken products. The warning relates to products such as nuggets, goujons, dippers, poppers and kievs as the Foord Standard Agency (FSA) issued two further recalls linked to two ongoing outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis (a food poisoning bug). An investigation is ongoing into two particular strains of Salmonella linked to frozen raw breaded chicken products. In recent weeks, recalls have been issued for some SFC Chicken, Vesty Foods, Lidl, Aldi and Iceland products.