One Person Dies In England Due To E.Coli Outbreak Related To Sandwich Celebration

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LONDON - One person died from the E. coli outbreak in England. This outbreak left 275 sick in the UK over the past month.

"This incident is related to lettuce leaves in packaged sandwiches," the UK Health Safety Agency said, quoted by ABC News, Juat, June 28.

Two patients with E. Shiga toxine-producing coli died in May. But only one of these deaths is most likely associated with the infection, the agency said.

Bacteria E. coli usually live in the intestines of people and healthy animals, according to the Mayo Clinic.

While most strains are harmless and cause relatively short diarrhea, some strains can lead to various conditions, including urinary tract infections, cystitis, intestinal infections, and vomiting, with the worst cases causing life-threatening blood poisoning.

The Food Standard Administration said most likely lettuce was the source, based on testing.

"In the early hours of this month, we confirmed that several sandwich producers had taken precautions by attractively withdrawing various sandwiches, roll breads, breads, and rolls after the food chain and epidemiological links allowed us to narrow the different types of food to the type of lettuce used in sandwich products as a possible cause of the outbreak," said Darren Whitby, head of the incident at the FSA reported by the BBC.