The unpalatable facts about food poisoning
Over 4 million people are affected by food poisoning every year, with 250,000 being seriously affected enough to require hospital treatment. If you’ve purchased a food product which made you or a member of your family ill, then you could have a claim for personal injury compensation.
Main causes of food poisoning
It is thought that most cases of food poisoning are caused by:
- Cross contamination (for example, raw food being kept with cooked foods)
- Poor standards of hygiene
Under the Food Safety Act of 1990, it is an offence for anyone to sell food that is unfit to eat, and the law allows anyone who has developed food poisoning after eating a food product to make a claim for compensation. Unlike other personal injury compensation cases it is not necessary to prove negligence on the part of the producer or seller, providing the product in question can be demonstrated as unfit for human consumption.
Your first step
If you have been made unwell by a food product that you’ve purchased, then your first step should be to contact your local environmental health department. They will make a full investigation of the matter and can, if necessary, take steps to close the premises where the food originated from – thus preventing any further cases of food poisoning.
Specialist legal advice
We work closely with specialist personal injury solicitors across the UK to make sure that our clients get the very best representation possible. We can act on your behalf on a no win no fee basis, and can guarantee that you’ll keep 100% of the compensation you’re awarded. See no win no fee for more information.
Making your claim for food poisoning compensation
Call us on 0800 781 7789 for free legal advice regarding your claim for food poisoning compensation. You’ll be under no obligation, and we won’t press you into bringing a claim if you’re not quite ready. Or, if you’d prefer, fill in the online claim assessment form above, and we’ll call you back.
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