Public health authorities have told a small number of wholesalers to stop using imported rocket leaves in their salad mixes, as investigations into a major E.coli outbreak continue.

The outbreak had so far claimed two lives, PHE said today, with a total of 151 cases identified, 62 of which required hospital care.As previously reported, the cases appeared to be linked to mixed salad leaves but the source had not yet been established definitively, PHE said.

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