All 45 food items recalled by Asda, Morrisons, Co-op, Sainsburys, Boots and Aldi in HUGE E.Coli alert

The Food Standards Agency has released a statement amid a major supermarket recall due to a potential E. coli contamination scare with dozens of items recalled.

The food manufacturer Greencore Group is recalling sandwiches, wraps and salads sold in major UK supermarkets because of a potential link to an E.coli outbreak that has left a number of people across the UK in hospital. You can view the full list below.

The products being recalled include sandwiches, wraps and salads sold at Sainsbury’s, Asda, Aldi, Morrisons, Co-op and Boots.

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In a statement released this afternoon (Friday), Darren Whitby, head of incidents at the Food Standards Agency, said: “Sandwich manufacturers are taking a precautionary measure to recall various sandwiches wraps and salads in response to findings from investigations by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), who are working to identify the cause of an ongoing outbreak caused by shiga toxin-producing E.coli (Stec).”

E. coli are a diverse group of bacteria that are normally harmless and live in the intestines of humans and animals. However some strains, like Stec, can make people very ill. The FSA advises any consumers who have any of the products being recalled not to eat them.

Earlier this month, UKHSA confirmed at least 37 people had been admitted to hospital following the E. coli outbreak, which it believed to be linked to food. Whole genome sequencing of samples showed the majority of the 113 cases reported across the UK between May 25 and June 24 were part of a single outbreak.

At the time, the agency said it believed the outbreak, which mostly affected