Diners ‘violently ailing’ and in ‘horrendous ache’ after consuming at widespread pub
Diners at a Welsh pub were left “severely unwell” with diarrhoea after eating a carvery, with Public Health Wales now investigating a suspected food poisoning outbreak.
Diners at a pub have been left “severely unwell” in a suspected food poisoning incident after eating a carvery dinner. Public Health chiefs are now investigating the incident which led to multiple people falling ill with violent diarrhoea and sickness on Sunday.
Multiple customers at The Cwrt Henllys Bar and Restaurant in Cwmbran, South Wales, on October 5 became unwell hours after eating. A Public Health Wales spokesman said there was no wider risk to the public at this time.
Around 160 people are believed to have eaten Sunday lunch at the pub that day and one woman, who is aged 35 and 10 weeks pregnant, said she felt “severely unwell” in the early hours of Monday morning.
She told Wales Online: “I woke up at some time between 12.30am and 1am on Monday morning, which was around eight and a half hours after eating the roast dinner, with an extremely poorly stomach.
“I was severely unwell. I started panicking because I am 10 weeks pregnant. I was worried I was miscarrying as I was cramped over on floor in horrendous pain. I messaged my midwife – I was so concerned.”
The woman also said that her six-year-old daughter woke up feeling unwell at the same time as her. Her husband also fell unwell on Tuesday and is still recovering.
She added: “There is only one toilet in my three-bed house. We were back and forth all night. My daughter couldn’t go to school and I couldn’t go to work.”
A Public Health Wales spokesman said: “We are aware of reports of a suspected food poisoning incident associated with The Cwrt Henllys Hotel near Cwmbran.
“Torfaen Council’s environmental health department is leading the investigation and our health protection team is working with them to provide advice and support while their investigation is ongoing. At this stage there is no wider public health risk and we will continue to monitor the situation carefully.”
Another family, who had gone for lunch as a group of 13, were also badly effected. A woman in the group, who wished to remain anonymous, said of the £13-a-head meal: “We went there for a roast to celebrate a birthday on the Sunday.
“There were 13 of us – eight of whom experienced violent diarrhoea hours after eating. My son and daughter-in-law took scraps of meat home home for dog and even the dog was violently ill.”
The group have since sent stool samples off to confirm if they had food poisoning.
A spokesperson for the pub told Wales Online: “On Monday we were contacted by a number of people reporting sickness and diarrhoea after having eaten with us at our Sunday carvery. We immediately contacted environmental health and began to investigate.
“As part of this investigation we created a Facebook post asking any who had become unwell to contact us so that we could try to pinpoint the cause. Environmental health officers visited us on Monday and we were happy to cooperate and are grateful for their help.”
The spokesperson went on to confirm that while there was currently no evidence of any food-related illness, they had been able to identify a “potential risk in our cooling (not cooking) process.”
The pub was told by environmental health officers that they did not need to close their kitchen as there was “no further risk” to the public.
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