As of 5 September 2016, the Incident Management Team investigating the E. coli outbreak linked to certain batches of Dunsyre Blue cheese declared the outbreak to be over and, in accordance with procedure, has stood down.

The outbreak has resulted in the sad death of a child and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) is working with the Procurator Fiscal and other agencies as part of the ongoing investigation into the cause of the outbreak.

Public health is and will continue to be FSSs priority and any actions will continue to be determined by what is necessary to protect public health and the interests of consumers. As there is an ongoing food safety investigation, FSS will publish more information when this is necessary to protect public health and provide information to consumers.