A food supplier has gone into liquidation with the loss of 125 jobs after it was the subject of a listeria investigation that ultimately cleared it of being the source of the outbreak.
The Food Standards Agency inquiry meant The Good Food Chain had to suspend production for weeks. The FSA this week said the Good Food Chain is no longer part of the ongoing investigation into the source of the listeria infection in hospitals but added that it remained part of the wider investigation into the outbreak and its cause as the business had produced and supplied sandwiches linked to the cases.
The Staffordshire-based company said on Friday it would cease trading due to the impact of the suspension, which was voluntarily enforced on 5 June.
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