400 Students Suffer Personal Injury From Food Poisoning

Students who ate at a restaurant in Kent have been struck down with norovirus. Over 400 students are said to have been affected by the outbreak.

Norovirus causes severe diarrhoea, nausea and cramps. It is transmitted through eating and drinking food and drink which have been in direct contact with contaminated surfaces and people.

It is an aggressive form of food poisoning which can make sufferers ill for a number of days at a time. To avoid contamination all surfaces should be kept clean and disinfected. Hands should always be washed and food thoroughly washed and cooked before serving.

These measures are basic food hygiene levels which all restaurants should be following. Any establishment which does not follow these simple steps to avoid making customers and staff ill should be held accountable for their careless actions.

You can file a personal injury claim against any eating or drinking establishment which has made you ill as a direct result of the way in which they conduct business. If simple health and safety measures are not followed then they are not fulfilling their duty of care.

It is a good idea to visit a doctor as soon as you feel unwell in order to have an official record of your illness and to ensure that you take measures to aid recovery.

Carys is an author of several articles pertaining to No Win No Fee, Compensation Claims, Personal Injury Claims and other legal articles.