§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what reports of people suffering Campylobacter enteritidis he has received this year, to date; how many cases of people living in Bradford have been reported; what advice he has issued to combat this disease; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what action he has taken and what advice he has issued to combat the spread of Campylobacter enteritidis; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DorrellThe PHLS communicable disease surveillance centre has received 26,607 reports of faecal isolates of Campylobacter by laboratories in England and Wales in the first 39 weeks of this year. There have been 2,618 from the Yorkshire health region. The number from Bradford is not routinely abstracted from national surveillance data.
The advice that the Government have issued to contain the disease relates primarily to good kitchen hygiene and is contained in the publication "Food Safety: a Guide from Her Majesty's Government" copies of which are available in the Library. In May 1989 14 million copies of this food safety leaflet, jointly published by the Department of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, were distributed to the general public.