This Week at theEHP: 23 July

Welcome to This Week at theEHP, a summary of the articles that appeared on the site over the last week.

This week at theEHP we report on botulism, a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak and prosecutions.

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Food Safety

Food Safety: HPA issues warning after Italian olives botulism link
Tests carried out by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) identified the toxin that causes botulism in a jar of Italian olives after an Oxfordshire resident was admitted to hospital with botulism poisoning. No further cases have been identified to date.

Food Safety: Food business operator found guilty of food safety offences
On the 12 July at Truro Magistrates Court, Mrs Shirley Ann Lesley Noyce, formerly the food business operator at the Penlan Eating House, Fourwinds, Bodmin was found guilty of three out of four charges brought by the Council in relation to poor food hygiene standards found by officers of Cornwall Council’s Public Health and Protection team during a routine inspection of the premises in September 2011.

Food Safety: Former shopkeeper fined for out-of-date food
Former shopkeeper Piotr Lenard has been found guilty of food safety offences for the second time in two years.

Food Safety: Former business operator fined
The former business operator of a Pembrokeshire water bottling plant has been fined £5,500 for food hygiene offences.

Health & Safety

Health & Safety: HSE prosecutions in brief 16 July – 27 July
Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. A selection of the latest prosecutions by the HSE.

Housing

Housing: UK housing third least affordable in Europe
Families in the UK are among the worst off in Europe when it comes to housing costs. One in six people in the UK (16.5%) are overburdened by housing costs, according to findings published by the European Union.

Housing: Oxford landlord jailed for illegal eviction
A landlord has been jailed for three months after illegally evicting a young couple and their four-month-old baby. He was also ordered to pay a total of £4500 in costs and compensation.

Public Health

Public Health: Update on Legionnaires’ disease in Stoke-on-Trent
Two further case of Legionnaires’ disease have been confirmed in the Stoke-on-Trent outbreak bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 11. All those affected are between their late 40s and mid 70s. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is also investigating two cases identified in early summer as being possibly linked to the current cluster.

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