date:Dec 19, 2018
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Exactly 1,152 samples of fresh produce sold at retail in the UK were analysed for Norovirus. Of 568 samples of lettuce, 30 (5.3 percent ) were Norovirus-positive. Most (24 out of 30) lettuce samples which tested positive for Norovirus were grown in the UK and 19 of those 24 samples contained NoV GI.
Seven out of 310 (2.3 percent) samples of fresh raspberries were Norovirus-positive. Most (six out of seven) of the positively-testing fresh raspberry samples were imported, but no predo