Good Food Chain sandwich firm linked to listeria outbreak that killed five people is to close despite health watchdog saying it is no longer under investigation
- Sandwich firm at the centre of the NHS listeria scandal to go into liquidation
- The Good Food Chain based in Staffordshire will close with the loss of 125 jobs
- The company was told it would need to reapply to sell sandwiches to the NHS
- The Food Standards Agency said the firm was not the source of the outbreak
The sandwich firm at the centre of the NHS listeria scandal that killed five patients is to close.
All products from the Staffordshire-based Good Food Chain were withdrawn after being linked to the outbreak in eight hospitals across England.
The Food Standards Agency said this week the firm was not the source of the outbreak.
All products from the Staffordshire-based Good Food Chain were withdrawn after being linked to the outbreak in eight hospitals across England
But the Good Food Chain was told it would need to reapply to sell sandwiches to the NHS and, yesterday, the firm announced it was going into liquidation.
Its closure means the loss of 125 jobs. Some 40 agency staff were laid off when it voluntarily stopped production in June.
The inquiry into the outbreak is now focused on North Country Cooked Meats in Salford.
![The inquiry into the outbreak is now focused on North Country Cooked Meats in Salford, pictured above [File photo]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/06/08/23/14503102-0-Meat_was_produced_by_North_Country_Cooked_Meats_based_in_Salford-a-17_1560033983990.jpg)
The inquiry into the outbreak is now focused on North Country Cooked Meats in Salford, pictured above [File photo]