Food Poisoning (Untreated Milk)

HC Deb 13 June 1989 vol 154 c373W

Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of food poisoning associated with untreated milk occurred in Scotland in each of the years from 1978 to 1982; and how many have occurred in each year since the ban on commercial sales of untreated milk introduced in August 1983.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The numbers of reported cases of food poisoning associated with the consumption of untreated milk for each year since 1978 are as follows:

Year	Number of cases
1978	1251
1979	1155
1980	103
1981	782
1982	539
1983	29
1984	27
1985	74
1986	10
1987	26
1988	5
1 Figures for salmonellosis only. Figures for other diseases not available.