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The UK Health Security Agency has warned that Salmonella cases in England have reached their highest level in a decade. New data showed cases rose slightly from 10,389 in 2024 to 10,406 in 2025, while Campylobacter cases remained high, falling only slightly from 70,392 to 69,394 over the same period.
UKHSA said both infections are usually caught through contaminated food, including poultry, meat, eggs, raw fruit or vegetables and unpasteurised milk products. The agency is urging the public to practise good food hygiene, particularly when preparing raw and cooked foods, and said young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems were at higher risk of serious illness.
The figures also showed listeriosis remained broadly stable, with 181 cases reported in England and Wales in 2025, compared with 179 in 2024. UKHSA said listeriosis could cause serious illness in older people, immunocompromised people and pregnant women, with pregnancy-associated cases continuing to pose a risk of stillbirth or miscarriage.