NEW ZEALAND: People urged to heat cocktail sausages thoroughly - (Scoop)
November 28, 2007 – 8:05 pmhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0711/S00146.htm
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Canterburys Medical Officer of Health is urging people to thoroughly heat cocktail sausages before eating them following an outbreak of an illness among children who had consumed them.
Dr Ramon Pink says cocktail sausages (also known as cheerios or saveloys) should be heated before they are eaten and should not be offered cold to children at butchers shops or delicatessens.
An investigation by the Canterbury District Health Boards Community and Public Health division has found six children under five years old with Yersiniosis had eaten cocktail sausages. Symptoms of the infection usually last about 48 hours and include diarrhoea, possibly stomach pains, but usually no vomiting.
Most of the children lived in the south Christchurch area and the suspected food was purchased in this area. The problem appears to have occurred from mid October to early November 2007. It is believed more people, particularly children, could have been affected by the illness.
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