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What is salmonella and how is it spread? Hospital admissions for food poisoning reach all time high

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Hospital admissions for three common illnesses linked to food poisoning are reaching their highest level in decades, the Guardian has reported.

Admissions for salmonella infections reached 1,468 in England between April 2022 and March 2023, NHS data showed, a rate of three admissions for every 100,000 people, an all-time high.

E coli and campylobacter have also broken records for reaching all-time highs in the

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