Salmonella Bareilly
This is a Salmonella that I have not heard of before, but the UK HPA has issued a press release to confirm that Salmonella Bareilly is giving cause for concern.
"The Health Protection Agency with support from Health Protection Scotland, the Food Standards Agency and Environmental Health Officers from a number of local authorities is investigating an increase in cases of Salmonella Bareilly. The Agency's Centre for Infections (CFI) in Colindale has identified 68 cases of S. Bareilly, including 19 reported in the North West of England, since the beginning of August. The CFI normally sees fewer than 10 cases in a typical month. Health Protection Scotland is investigating 15 laboratory confirmed cases of S. Bareilly in the same period.... During the investigation it was reported to the Food Standards Agency that routine testing of salad produce by wholesalers for quality control purposes had identified Salmonella in a small number of raw beansprout samples. We do not know if the Salmonella isolated from the samples was S. Bareilly. Therefore it would not be appropriate, certainly at this stage, to conclude that contaminated beansprouts were responsible for the national increase in S. Bareilly cases. However, we are investigating further."
"The Health Protection Agency with support from Health Protection Scotland, the Food Standards Agency and Environmental Health Officers from a number of local authorities is investigating an increase in cases of Salmonella Bareilly. The Agency's Centre for Infections (CFI) in Colindale has identified 68 cases of S. Bareilly, including 19 reported in the North West of England, since the beginning of August. The CFI normally sees fewer than 10 cases in a typical month. Health Protection Scotland is investigating 15 laboratory confirmed cases of S. Bareilly in the same period.... During the investigation it was reported to the Food Standards Agency that routine testing of salad produce by wholesalers for quality control purposes had identified Salmonella in a small number of raw beansprout samples. We do not know if the Salmonella isolated from the samples was S. Bareilly. Therefore it would not be appropriate, certainly at this stage, to conclude that contaminated beansprouts were responsible for the national increase in S. Bareilly cases. However, we are investigating further."
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