Ready-made salad behind autumn’s salmonella outbreak

Ready made salad behind autumns salmonella outbreak

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fullscreen Ready-made salad in a bag was behind the salmonella outbreak. Archive image. Photo: Anders Wiklund/TT

Ready-cut salad in a bag was behind the unusually large salmonella outbreak in Sweden in September and October, reports P4 Halland.

– This is an unusually large outbreak, it is the case that we have occasional salmonella cases, and if you see that you get more, you usually look for a common denominator, says Maria Rydberg Mo, infection control doctor in Region Halland.

A total of 95 people in all of Sweden’s regions except Gävleborg fell ill as a result of coming into contact with the salad, according to the Public Health Agency’s preliminary figures. Västra Götaland was hit hardest.

– There are quite a few who become quite seriously ill, at least uncomfortably seriously ill. Maybe not life-threateningly ill, but it can happen in isolated cases, says Rydberg Mo.

The salad was sold nationally by a major food company.

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