§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the national incidence of(a) E. coli and (b) listeria has been in each of the last three years. [46]
§ Ms JowellThe incidence of food poisoning is indicated by the number of isolations of pathogens made from samples from patients submitted to the Public Health Laboratory Service. The figures for the last three years are given in the table:
Listeria and E. coli 0157 isolates England and Wales annual totals 1994 1995 1996 E. coli 01571 411 2792 3660 Listeria 112 91 3116 Source:
Public Health Laboratory service.
Notes:
1 Before 1995 laboratories examined only bloody diarrhoeal stools for E. coli 0157, since 1995 they have examined all diarrhoeal stools.
2 PHLS do not routinely examine diarrhoeal stools for other E. coli.
3 Provisional figures.