§ Mr. Bodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases of infectious organisms relating to salmonella in untreated milk have been recorded by the Public Health Laboratory Service for each year since 1973.
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§ Mr. MoyleI would refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Hereford (Mr. Shepherd) on 8th May.—[Vol. 949, c.366.]
§ Mr. Bodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases of infectious organisms relating to campylobacter in untreated milk have been recorded by the Public Health Laboratory Service for each year since 1973.
§ Mr. MoyleIn England and Wales, the only outbreak of campylobacter infection thought to be attributable to the consumption of untreated milk was recorded by the Public Health Laboratory Service in the beginning of 1978. This involved 30 cases. I much regret that these cases were wrongly described as occurring within the years 1975 to 1977 in my reply to the hon. Member's Question on 9th May.—[Vol. 949, c.432–3.] I am writing to the hon. Member about this and his other Questions.
§ Mr. Bodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases of infectious organisms relating to escherichia coli in untreated milk have been recorded by the Public Health Laboratory Service for each year since 1973.
§ Mr. MoyleThe only two isolations of escherichia coli arising from the consumption of untreated milk in England and Wales recorded by the Public Health Laboratory Service occurred in 1975. I much regret that these cases were not included in my reply to the hon. Member's Question on 9th May.—[Vol. 949, c.432–3.] I am writing to the hon. Member about this and his other Question.