Claimants include family of 11-year-old girl who spent three weeks on dialysis after eating chicken salad sandwich

Tesco and Asda are being sued by customers, including the family of an 11-year-old girl, who were left seriously ill after eating own-brand sandwiches linked to an outbreak of E coli.

The supermarkets face legal action after a child and adult were left in hospital. One person has been confirmed to have died and more than 120 others including a six-year-old have been hospitalised in the UK due to the bacteria.

Death in England linked to outbreak by officials, who say lettuce is the likely source of the illness

One person has died and more than 120 others including children as young as six have been hospitalised in the UK amid an E coli outbreak linked to lettuce.

Two people in England died within 28 days of infection with shiga toxin-producing E coli (Stec), the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said in a briefing on Thursday.

Authorities say products contain ‘unapproved novel food ingredients’ as company Uncle Frog states ‘consuming the whole bag could … make people feel weird’

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People have been hospitalised across Australia with symptoms including “disturbing” hallucinations, dizziness and involuntary twitching after ingesting mushroom gummies made by a Byron Bay business.

A South Australian teenage boy was found unresponsive earlier this month after consuming several of the Uncle Frog’s Mushroom Gummies, the state health department said on Thursday. He was treated and has since recovered.

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