On 6 January, The Food Standards Agency (FSA) published four investigative reports commissioned following an event that occurred in July 2015 where exceptionally high levels of E.coli were recorded at shellfish beds along the South and South West coasts of England.
Due to the high magnitude of the results and the wide geographical spread of the affected beds, the FSA instigated a multi-agency investigation to try to determine a potential cause. A full evaluation of the investigation reports has been carried out by the FSA and other key regulatory partners to assess the findings. Although no conclusive cause for the event has been identified, a number of possible causes have been ruled out and recommendations from the reports are also being considered.
The FSA is holding a stakeholder event at the end of January 2016 to review findings from the reports with the shellfish industry and other agencies. [Source: FSA News Release, 6 January 2016 http://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/news/2016/14781/shellfish-official-cont…]
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