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House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
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HAHNDORF SALMONELLA OUTBREAK

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:17): Is the minister aware that an employee of the public health branch of the Department of Health prepared a report identifying the same strain of salmonella in the victims of the Hahndorf salmonella outbreak with eggs sold at retail outlets and imported from Victoria?

The opposition has been informed and provided with the report on salmonella in eggs that was prepared between January and June this year. During the investigation of the salmonella outbreak at Hahndorf, the same employee identified that a strain of Salmonella was present in eggs used in the aged care facility's kitchen. The employee was told by his manager 'not to talk to anyone outside of the food branch about eggs'. At the time, the New South Wales Public Health Unit had requested that salmonella analysis be provided to them for their records and investigation but, again, the employee was told not to provide them with that information.

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts) (15:18): Conspiracy theorists amongst us would obviously be shocked by the accusations and claims made by the deputy leader, but I will take everything she has said with a big grain of salt and have it checked out, as I always do. She asked me a cute question: was I aware of the final outcomes, etc? Of course, she herself had information which she did not give to the house in some sort of clever attempt to trap me, which obviously failed. But, as I said, I will get a report for her.

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