§ The Countess of Marasked Her Majesty's Government:
Upon what basis the opinion was formed that the single case of E.coli 0157 infection which occurred on 19 April, traced to a batch of cheese made on 4, 5 or 6 April, constituted an "emergency", involving a serious risk to public health, under the Food Safety Act 1990, by 19 May, when no other cases had been reported as a result of consumption of cheese from the same batches and no evidence of contamination by E.coli 0157 was found in any other samples of cheese made by Mr. Duckett. [HL2655]
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonIn view of the severity of illness caused byEscherichia coli 0157, the possibility of its presence in Duckett's cheese constituted an imminent risk of injury to health. It was found in 10 samples from a number of different production dates.