Food poisoning

Suffolk Coastal's Food and Safety team are formally notified by local doctors and local hospitals when people living in the district are found to be suffering from food poisoning.

When these notifications are received the circumstances surrounding the illness are looked into to try to identify, where possible, the cause of the illness and to give advice so that more people do not become ill.

Food poisoning fact sheets

Fact sheets giving information on some of the common bugs that cause food poisoning can be viewed by following the links below.

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• Campylobacter infection (new window PDF 32KB)
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• Clostridium perfringens infection (new window PDF 31KB)
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• E.coli O157 infection (new window PDF 67KB)
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• Giardia infection (new window PDF 29KB)
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• Listeria (new window PDF 60KB)
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• Rotavirus infection (new window PDF 29KB)
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• Salmonella infection (new window PDF 31KB)
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• Shigella infection (new window PDF 32KB)
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• Viral Gastroenteritis (new window PDF 338KB)

Further information is available from the Health Protection Agency website (new window).

You can contact the Food and Safety Team on 01394 444357 or email foodsafetyteam@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk.