date:Feb 28, 2013
batches on the market. Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated cheese due to the presence of E. coli O157.
Nature Of Danger:
E. coli O157 may cause severe bloody diarrhoea and abdominal cramps, although sometimes the infection causes non-bloody diarrhoea or no symptoms. In some groups, particularly children under 5 years of age and the elderly, the infection can also cause a complication called haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), in which the red blood cells are destroyed and the kidne