| With the credit crunch beginning to bite, this year | | | | sue the producer or seller. Unlike in other types of |
| many people have chosen to take a summer | | | | personal injuries, such as workplace accidents or |
| holiday in this country rather than going abroad. | | | | road traffic accidents, it is not necessary to |
| Many of us use a holiday as a welcome break | | | | prove negligence on the part of the producer or |
| from cooking food at home, however every year | | | | seller. As long as the product in question can be |
| there are a small number of food poisoning | | | | demonstrated as unfit for human consumption |
| outbreaks in the UK that can be traced back food | | | | then there are grounds to claim personal injury |
| purchased from hotels, restaurants or cafes. It is | | | | compensation. |
| not just the Food Standards Agency that can sue | | | | It is worth remembering that you can also claim |
| a restaurant for serving unsafe food, ordinary | | | | food poisoning compensation if you fell ill after |
| members of the public can make a personal injury | | | | eating food providing as part of a package holiday |
| claim if they have suffered food poisoning. | | | | abroad. It is the duty of the tour operator to |
| In the UK we are fortunate to have some of the | | | | make sure all the food on a package holiday is fit |
| strictest food safety regulations in the world. The | | | | for human consumption, so you can still claim |
| 1990 Food Safety Act gives anyone who has | | | | even if you fell ill outside of the UK, provided your |
| suffered food poisoning from buying food that | | | | holiday was booked with a UK tour operator. |
| was unsafe for human consumption the right to | | | | |