What to do if your water is contaminated with E. coli Dozens of supermarket sandwiches and wraps have been recalled amid fears of E.coli contamination, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
It comes after people have been left hospitalised due to an outbreak of the infection . The recall includes products from Boots, Asda, Tesco, Co-op, Aldi, Sainsbury's and Amazon. Both Asda and Tesco stated this was a precaution and said shoppers could return the products for a refund.
Companies Greencore and Samworth Brothers Manton Wood supplied the affected products. It's expected other manufacturers will issue their own recalls in the coming hours, Sky News reports. READ MORE: 'I thought I had heartburn but pain in the night turned into horror diagnosis' Dozens of sandwiches have been recalled amid an E.
coli outbreak (Image: Getty Images) In a statement provided to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the FSA said it had narrowed down the “ wide range of foods consumed to a small number of salad leaf products that have been used in sandwiches, wraps, subs and rolls”. Darren Whitby, head of incidents at the FSA, explained: “Sandwich manufacturers are taking a precautionary measure to recall various sandwiches, wraps, subs and rolls in response to findings from investigations by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) who are working to identify the cause of an ongoing outbreak caused by shiga toxin-producing E.c.