Legal investigations are under way after a person contracted E.coli after eating a sandwich from a supermarket in Elgin.

The woman was hospital-bound for four days after eating an Asda chicken salad sandwich purchased from a Shell petrol station in Elgin, Moray.

As many as 60 food poisoning cases have been reported in Scotland since June after health officials found pre-packed sandwiches contained potentially deadly pathogen which is thought to be due to contaminated lettuce.

The outbreak sparked urgent recalls from shopping giants Asda, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Morrisons, Tesco and Boots with the Elgin probe understood to be the first legal step in Scotland.

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