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| Monday, 26 September 2005 12:41 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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The Welsh Assembly Government is facing mounting calls for a public enquiry into the E-coli outbreak in the south Wales valleys.
Some 115 people have already been affected, with 25 hospitalised and four children in specialist care, and some are believed to have taken legal advice on compensation claims.
The meat supplier John Tudor and Son of Bridgend has been told to stop trading pending the outcome of an investigation into the source of the outbreak, and the Food Standards Agency has asked all local authorities to contact local businesses to ensure they have not bought any cooked meat from the company.
Rhodri Morgan told BBC Radio Wales that the Welsh Assembly had not been slow to respond to the outbreak and said he was “absolutely” committed to a full inquiry.
"There is no difficulty about having to make this as open and as independent and as transparent as possible," he said.
"I can't give you the details of the inquiry now, but simply a commitment that it will be an open inquiry, because the lessons must be learned."
Solicitor Stephen Webber, said the priority was to ensure that the children recovered but added that legal action may follow.
He said: "The main concern is that there is a full public, open inquiry to find out what's happened, why it's happened, and to stop anything like this happening again."
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