Food poisoning and infectious diseases It is very important to ensure that food handlers and healthcare workers do not pass on the infection whilst they are at work so we always investigate cases where such workers are implicated. We also always investigate if a pre school aged child is infected. If an outbreak involving more than one person is discovered we follow our outbreak plan and try to find out which foods and businesses were involved. We are looking to prevent the infection spreading and put in measures to stop outbreaks happening in the future. This investigation can lead to food being seized and a business being closed down or taken to court. Members of the public can also contact us directly if they think they have been infected although we can not investigate fully unless their doctor has confirmed the food poisoning. The following information leaflets about food poisoning can be downloaded in Adobe's pdf format. Each document is approximately 200 kb in size and should only take a short time to download.
If you would like a copy sent in the post please contact sokane@wandsworth.gov.uk or telephone 0208 871 6166 If you would like further information about infectious diseases please telephone Helen Clark on 0208 871 7382 or email hclark@wandsworth.gov.uk |
