E coli probe firm can keep withdrawn stock

A cheese producer linked to an E coli outbreak has been told it does not have to destroy stock withdrawn from sale by a food watchdog.

Last month Food Standards Scotland (FSS) issued a blanket ban on cheese made by Errington Cheese, saying tests on various types had found E coli O157.

Dunsyre Blue from the South Lanarkshire-based firm had been linked to an E coli outbreak in the summer in which 22 people were infected, including a three-yearold Dunbartonshire girl who died.

There is ongoing legal action involving Errington Cheese and Food Standards Scotland.