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title: "Takeaway causes life changing illness"
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url: "https://cbrneworld.com/threats-news/europe/takeaway-causes-life-changing-illness"
date: "2026-07-30T21:52:39+00:00"
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#  Takeaway causes life changing illness

 Written on 10 December 2024.

A Welsh takeaway is believed to have caused a disease in a number of customers after serving them poisoned food. Kebabs are a British staple, a common go-to when it comes to the end of a night-out, but destroying a doner kebab after a few pints could leave you with several health issues if you're not careful. 50 people fell victim to one takeaway in Abergavenny, South Wales, after ordering a meal from the Marmaris Kebab House, needing hospital treatment.

A court heard that people suffered with 'vomiting, fevers, terrible stomach cramps and blood in their diarrhoea,' while an investigation found that customers ate food contaminated with shigella bacteria, which could be 'positively linked' to the kebab shop. The bosses of Marmaris Kebab House, Sami Abdullah, 46, and Hassan Saritag, 38, have been fined over £10,000 after the incident, as they pleaded guilty to putting unsafe food on sale, not putting the correct food safety measures in place and also for not registering new owners at the business.

Public Health Wales stated at the time that they knew of 'an increase in cases of gastrointestinal illness' in the area, as the court heard that this case of food poisoning has a 'widespread impact' on those affected. The cases were thought to be cased by the shigella infection, which is an intestinal infection that can be described by the NHS as 'a gut infection that causes diarrhoea, stomach cramps, and fever'. It can result in hospitalisation, though symptoms often clear up in four to five days.

One of those affected was an 11-year-old boy who was so unwell, that it was believed that his condition led to him getting type 1 diabetes, report MailOnline. The exact source of the outbreak is yet to be determined but an investigation found it to be associated with a failure to separate unwashed and washed vegetables when making coleslaw.

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