GermWatch
Monday 9th- Friday 13th of June
Don’t make your mealtime a horror story
Summer food poisoning statistics.
Cases of the top two food poisoning germs (salmonella and campylobacter) are set to soar by more than 120,000 in just three months this summer according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on the launch of its new GermWatch campaign this week.
GermWatch aims to combat the rise in food poisoning cases, which cost the economy upwards of £1.5billion (1) a year and double in frequency during the summer months. The South West region has the highest number of estimated cases in June, July and August (16,600 cases), shortly followed by the East (16,300), and South East (14,000). (2,3,4)
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For more information about food poisoning germs and symptoms go to eatwell.gov.uk/healthissues/foodpoisoning