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  • 1,500 UK holidaymakers hit by food bug at six First Choice resorts

    Posted: November 13th, 2009 - 6:14am by Doug Powell

    From the things-not-to-say-when-1,500-customers-have-barfed file:

    "Holiday Villages are all large properties and the reported level of illness is very low considering the large population."

    The Mirror reports this morning that families staying at six of the most popular First Choice Holiday Villages have been hit by a deluge of gastric illnesses over the last three years.

    Claims are being processed from people who stayed at the Spanish bases in the Costa del Sol and Majorca and also in Turkey, Egypt, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. At Sarigerme in Turkey more than 700 were taken ill this summer.

    Yesterday First Choice told the Mirror that it is axing its Holiday Village resorts in Mexico and the Dominican Republic from next month. The three bugs mainly to blame are salmonella, often caused by food not being cooked or stored properly; campylobacter, from contamination and cryptosporidium, often the result of feces in water.
     

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  • British holidaymakers in Turkey struck with salmonella

    Posted: September 9th, 2008 - 1:48pm by Doug Powell

    The British Mirror reports that hundreds of tourist may have been struck down with salmonella food poisoning and some have already been diagnosed after returning from a hotel complex in Turkey.

    The tourists affected were staying at the Holiday Village Turkey in the resort of Sarigerme.

    Andrew Morton, of the Manchester law firm Pannone, who is taking action against First Choice Travel on behalf of more than 100 clients, said,

    "From all reports coming out of the resort, we expect the number of cases to rise significantly over the next few days. Estimates put the figure of those affected at well over 1,000. Anyone returning to the UK from Sarigerme who has been ill should see their doctor immediately."

    Last night, a spokeswoman for First Choice said "a very small proportion" of guests at the resort reported being ill and were being treated for an "airborne virus.”
     

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