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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the NHS of preventable foodborne illness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the NHS of preventable foodborne illness.
Analysis by the Food Standards Agency estimates that foodborne disease causes approximately 2.4 million illnesses and 16,300 hospitalisations in the United Kingdom each year. The resulting annual cost to the National Health Service is estimated at £79.2 million, at 2025 prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the latest data published by the UK Health Security Agency indicating high levels of Salmonella and Campylobacter infections in England; and what steps are being taken to reduce incidence rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the latest data published by the UK Health Security Agency indicating high levels of Salmonella and Campylobacter infections in England; and what steps are being taken to reduce incidence rates.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) actively monitors and assesses the latest data on levels of foodborne disease (FBD) to determine whether action may be needed to protect public health.
Controlling FBD is a strategic priority for the FSA to protect consumers. Last year the FSA’s assessment of data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed that its threshold levels for Salmonella and Campylobacter were breached. An update on the FSA’s analysis and response to the breaches can be found at the following link:
https://www.food.gov.uk/board-papers/foodborne-disease-update
There are several hypotheses for the increases in cases of Campylobacter and Salmonella. At this stage, potential causes are uncertain, but the increases are likely to be due to multiple, interdependent drivers.
The FSA is working collaboratively with partners across the Government to understand these drivers. The latest data published by the UKHSA will inform the analysis of the current hypotheses and help identify actions that could bring about the reduction of foodborne disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role the Food Standards Agency is playing in reducing cases of food poisoning linked to contaminated poultry, meat, eggs and dairy products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role the Food Standards Agency is playing in reducing cases of food poisoning linked to contaminated poultry, meat, eggs and dairy products.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety and hygiene across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It sets and enforces standards across the food chain, working with local authorities and maintaining a direct presence in slaughterhouses and meat processing plants. It also ensures controls are in place at primary production level, including dairy hygiene and egg production, to reduce the risk of harmful bacteria such as Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria, and E. coli.
The FSA uses a risk-based approach to monitor and respond to foodborne illness, including leading incident investigations when outbreaks or contamination events occur. It works with public health partners to identify causes, manage risks, and put control measures in place. The FSA also leads research and surveillance programmes, including national monitoring and PATH-SAFE, and works closely with industry to improve standards in higher-risk sectors. It provides clear guidance to businesses and consumers on safe food handling, helping to prevent contamination and maintain high standards from farm to fork.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many major food incidents have there been in each of the last 5 years and of those how many were meat related.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many major food incidents have there been in each of the last 5 years and of those how many were meat related.
In responding to food and feed safety incidents and foodborne disease outbreaks, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) categorises its handling of incident responses at Routine or Non-routine levels.
Non-routine incident and outbreak responses are escalated where it is considered that their successful management requires levels of resources and authority beyond those available for routine incident handling.
In the calendar years 2021 to 2026, the FSA escalated three meat related incidents and outbreak responses to Non-routine status. This was from a total of 15 Non-routine incidents in that period. All three of these meat related incidents were escalated within the calendar year 2023. The following table shows the number of incidents/outbreak responses escalated to Non-routine status for the calendar years 2021 to 2026:
Calendar year | Number of incidents/outbreak responses escalated to Non-routine status |
2021 | 2 |
2022 | 2 |
2023 | 5 |
2024 | 3 |
2025 | 2 |
2026 | 1 |
Total | 15 |
I. Report of the Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures Relating to Public Health (SCVPH) on benefits and limitations of antimicrobial treatments for poultry carcasses (1998). 59p. II. Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures relating to public health on the evaluation of antimicrobial treatments for poultry carcasses (2003). 48p. III. Opinion of the Scientific Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) related to Treatment of poultry carcasses with chlorine dioxide, acidified sodium chlorite, trisodium phosphate and peroxyacids, EFSA Journal (2008). 27p. IV. Assessment of the possible effect of the four antimicrobial treatment substances on the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, EFSA Journal (2008). 26p.
I. Report of the Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures Relating to Public Health (SCVPH) on benefits and limitations of antimicrobial treatments for poultry carcasses (1998). 59p. II. Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures relating to public health on the evaluation of antimicrobial treatments for poultry carcasses (2003). 48p....
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to requiring each major food retailer to publish on their website a convenient way to report cases of food poisoning that are likely to have been caused by their products, and to take specified action upon such reports.
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to requiring each major food retailer to publish on their website a convenient way to report cases of food poisoning that are likely to have been caused by their products, and to take specified action upon such reports.
There are currently no plans to implement this. Food poisoning cases and other food safety or hygiene issues should be reported directly via the Food Standards Agency website, or directly to local authority food safety teams who are responsible for all types of food businesses in the area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of instances of in-patient sickness owing to food poisoning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of instances of in-patient sickness owing to food poisoning.
The information requested is not held centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of incidents of food poisoning and contamination reported to local authorities in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of incidents of food poisoning and contamination reported to local authorities in England.
Public Health England publishes notifications of food poisoning which are available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notifiable-diseases-weekly-reports-for-2021
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what estimate he has made of the number of cases of reported food poisoning as a result of food consumed from the House of Lords Bishop’s Bar in each year from 2009 to October 2019.
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what estimate he has made of the number of cases of reported food poisoning as a result of food consumed from the House of Lords Bishop’s Bar in each year from 2009 to October 2019.
The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee to respond to these questions on his behalf.
Under the definition in the Approved Code of Practice, the Bishops’ Bar would not be considered a “confined space”, a term which should not be confused with a small space. When the Services Committee considered the required changes to the Bishops’ Bar in July, it accepted that the Administration had a duty of care towards staff working in the outlet and that the current conditions for food preparation were unsuitable.
We have no record of any incidents of food poisoning as a result of food consumed from the House of Lords Bishops’ Bar between 2009 and October 2019.
The Services Committee has no plans to review the methodology used by the food safety auditors who evaluated the Bishops’ Bar.
Examination of witnesses. Written evidence reported.
Examination of witnesses. Written evidence reported.
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer to an Urgent Question given by my right
honourable friend the Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care. The Statement is as follows:
“Mr Speaker, I would...
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer to an Urgent Question given by my right
honourable friend the Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care. The Statement is as follows:
“Mr Speaker, I would...
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for repeating the Answer to this Urgent Question. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the families of those who have tragically died as a result of the outbreak and those who have fallen sick.
Professor Jose Vazquez-Boland, chair of infectious diseases at...
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for repeating the Answer to this Urgent Question. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the families of those who have tragically died as a result of the outbreak and those who have fallen sick.
Professor Jose Vazquez-Boland, chair of infectious diseases at...
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for his question. The purpose of the review is to build on previous work and to implement standards for higher-quality food for NHS patients. It will take a root-and-branch approach and will follow the evidence where it can make improvements. The terms of...
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for his question. The purpose of the review is to build on previous work and to implement standards for higher-quality food for NHS patients. It will take a root-and-branch approach and will follow the evidence where it can make improvements. The terms of...
My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, my thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who died. It is clearly right, as the Secretary of State said in his Statement, that people expect to be safe and looked after in hospitals. Yet the Answer to the Urgent...
My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, my thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who died. It is clearly right, as the Secretary of State said in his Statement, that people expect to be safe and looked after in hospitals. Yet the Answer to the Urgent...
I am sure that the noble Baroness would like to hear exactly how effectively Public Health England and others responded in this case. Obviously, these cases should not have occurred in the first place, but the first case occurred on 26 April. There were two cases in one hospital. The...
I am sure that the noble Baroness would like to hear exactly how effectively Public Health England and others responded in this case. Obviously, these cases should not have occurred in the first place, but the first case occurred on 26 April. There were two cases in one hospital. The...
My Lords, several important points come out of this tragic incident of five people dying from listeria infections. The first is how quickly we can get a diagnosis of listeria in the food products that are contaminated. Older tests take several days but there are other tests, so I ask...
My Lords, several important points come out of this tragic incident of five people dying from listeria infections. The first is how quickly we can get a diagnosis of listeria in the food products that are contaminated. Older tests take several days but there are other tests, so I ask...
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel. He is absolutely right that one reason why such fast action was able to be taken was that it was possible to confirm by whole genome sequencing that cases at Manchester and Liverpool were linked by an identical strain in a week. Previously,...
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel. He is absolutely right that one reason why such fast action was able to be taken was that it was possible to confirm by whole genome sequencing that cases at Manchester and Liverpool were linked by an identical strain in a week. Previously,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to make a statement on the listeria outbreak related to contaminated sandwiches in hospital trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to make a statement on the listeria outbreak related to contaminated sandwiches in hospital trusts.
I would like to update the House on the actions the Government are taking to protect the public following cases of listeria in hospitals linked to contaminated food. The NHS has identified nine confirmed cases of listeria in seven different hospitals between 14 April and 28 May this year, all...
I would like to update the House on the actions the Government are taking to protect the public following cases of listeria in hospitals linked to contaminated food. The NHS has identified nine confirmed cases of listeria in seven different hospitals between 14 April and 28 May this year, all...
Let me say at the outset that despite our often sharp political differences across the Dispatch Box, the Secretary of State has my commiserations over his entirely noble ambition to want to be the Prime Minister of this country—but perhaps, given Brexit, he has had a lucky escape.
Moving on to...
Let me say at the outset that despite our often sharp political differences across the Dispatch Box, the Secretary of State has my commiserations over his entirely noble ambition to want to be the Prime Minister of this country—but perhaps, given Brexit, he has had a lucky escape.
Moving on to...