Overview

• Rochdale Coroner’s Court ruled that 70-year-old Leslie Green died in November 2024 from salmonella-related food poisoning contracted after consuming partially cooked chicken at the Occidental Jandia Playa resort.
• The Barceló Hotel Group issued a statement expressing condolences, highlighted its strict hygiene protocols, and cited external audit certificates showing no salmonella detected at the hotel in the past year.
• Jet2 declined to comment on the inquest’s findings due to an ongoing legal claim but conveyed its thoughts and condolences to Green’s family.
• Family solicitor Jennifer Hodgson and the Greens are calling for tougher food-safety regulations and greater transparency in buffet hygiene at all-inclusive resorts.
• The ruling has prompted renewed public and regulatory scrutiny of audit processes and food-safety oversight across holiday resorts in the Canary Islands.