Overview
- Public Health Wales confirmed 43 reports of illness in people who ate Sunday lunch at the Corner House Inn in Llangynwyd near Maesteg.
- Testing identified Clostridium perfringens as the cause, with patients reporting sickness and diarrhoea.
- PHW, working with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and environmental health officers, is concluding its probe and does not expect further linked cases.
- The pub says it contacted environmental health, undertook a deep clean, is cooperating with officials, and remains open to customers.
- Food Standards Agency guidance warns spores can survive cooking and grow during slow cooling or unrefrigerated storage, and a similar outbreak was reported in October at a Cwmbran restaurant.