HC Deb 20 May 1965 vol 712 cc285-6W
Mr. Newens

asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement on the recent outbreak of food poisoning in the Epping urban district and Epping and Ongar rural district.

Mr. K. Robinson

Investigations by the medical officer of health suggest that the illness was caused by eating bread made from a batch of flour contaminated in transit. The contamination was an isolated local occurrence; inquiries of other medical officers of health into whose areas batches of the same flour were delivered revealed no similar incidents.

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