Food poisoning decline continues in England and Wales

Food poisoning in England and Wales has gone down for the fifth year in a row, according to annual figures.

There were more than 8,800 formally notified cases of food poisoning in 2019 compared to just more than 11,000 in 2018. The most recent time numbers went up was from 2013 to 2014.

Public Health England (PHE) collects notifications of infectious diseases (NOIDs) and publishes analyses of local and national trends every week. NOIDS is one of the ways by which PHE carries out surveillance of infections across the country.

Most cases of food poisoning were recorded in 45-64 year olds, followed by the 25-44 year old age group and people aged 65 and over. The lowest was in those less than 1 year old.

 

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