Claiming Compensation for Food Poisoning

buyhighselllow

Has anyone any experience of claiming compensation for Food Poisoning from a Restaurant.

I was diagnosed with a specific type of food poisoning having been very ill for the last 10 days.

The symptoms fit perfectly both with time of onset and what I ate at a restaurant 48 hours prior to becoming ill.

Any advice welcome

unforeseen

Is there a documented link between your food poisoning and the restaurant apart your thoughts that the timing coincides?

Were any tests done at the restaurant for the cause of the poisoning?

Was it reported to the authorities and investigated?

Anybody else affected?

Without a yes to those questions then I don't rate your chances

wondercollie

I contracted a nasty case of food poisoning whilst on holidays. I wound up in hospital for 9 days and subsequently contracted CDiff from the antibiotics used to cure the bacterial infection from the food.

Could I tell you which restaurant? No. Nobody else in our party got sick.

Did I feel I deserved compensation? Hell no. I was sick for 17 days, lost ten kilo and then because of the CDiff, I was put on sick leave from work for five weeks. It was the worst seven weeks of my life but at no time did I feel the need to want compensation.

Pollycat

This thread should be moved to Consumer Rights board - especially as the OP has mentioned compensation.

Red-Squirrel_2

wondercollie wrote: »

I contracted a nasty case of food poisoning whilst on holidays. I wound up in hospital for 9 days and subsequently contracted CDiff from the antibiotics used to cure the bacterial infection from the food.

Could I tell you which restaurant? No. Nobody else in our party got sick.

Did I feel I deserved compensation? Hell no. I was sick for 17 days, lost ten kilo and then because of the CDiff, I was put on sick leave from work for five weeks. It was the worst seven weeks of my life but at no time did I feel the need to want compensation.

Wow, after all that I think if you did know who caused it you'd be perfectly reasonable to want a bit of redress!

Pollycat

suzainkartic wrote: »

The consumer rights are there....but the question is how much can you claim in compensation?

The first question is:
can the OP prove that his food poisoning was actually caused by that specific restaurant?

ETA:
You (and the OP) may like to read these threads about food poisoning and mention proof:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5566405

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5400367

Pollycat

Or the OP may like to read this article:
https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/advice/i-got-food-poisoning-while-eating-out-can-i-get-my-money-back

It mentions claiming compensation.

Ozzuk

If they offer you a free meal, I'd probably say no.