Why is the Environmental Health Department involved?
Any type of food poisoning is a notifiable disease. Your GP has a duty to report cases of notifiable disease to the Environmental Health Department of the local Council for investigation. There are three reasons for investigation by the Environmental Health Department: • To prevent further spread of the disease in the community. • To take appropriate precautions should people working in the food trade be involved. • To try and establish where a patient picked up the disease.
