E.coli symptoms: warning signs of the violent infection, how long it lasts and what you need to do if infected amid massive recall of supermarket sandwiches, wraps and salads

E.coli symptoms: warning signs of the violent infection, how long it lasts and what you need to do if infected amid massive recall of supermarket sandwiches, wraps and salads READ MORE: Thousands of supermarket sandwiches, wraps and salads recalled By John Ely Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline and Rebecca Whittaker For Mailonline Published: 16:50, 14 June 2024 | Updated: 17:42, 14 June 2024 e-mail View comments Food safety watchdogs have issued a colossal recall of some 30 different types of supermarket sandwiches, wraps and salads over E.coli fears.

A 'do not eat' alert notice has been placed on products made by Greencore, and effect foods sold on the shelves of Asda , Amazon, Boots, Morrisons , Sainsbury's , Co-op and Aldi . This could amount to many thousands of food items — or more. Fears centre around Shiga toxin-producing E.

coli (STEC) a strain that can cause severe, and even bloody, diarrhoea as well as abdominal pain with cases potentially fatal in some cases. None of the products have been confirmed to contain STEC but the products have been pulled as precaution. It comes a week after regulators launched a UK-wide hunt for a mystery food item behind a string of cases up and down the country.

UK health officials have now said 211 people are known to have been infected with the bacteria, up from 113 last week. At least 67 people have become so ill they have need to be admitted to hospital. Here, MailOnline reveals the early warning signs of the violent infection, h.