The salad which was served to a nurse at the Mater Dei canteen was packed in the Netherlands and imported from Belgium.

The contractor has taken immediate action and destroyed all the stock coming from the particular supplier.

Local health inspectors who incidentally were making an inspection at the canteen on the same day of the incident have found the canteen and kitchen to be up to scratch and upholding all the HACCP catering standards required by EU legislation, and passing all quality control.

Meanwhile, the Health Division advised that the contractor supplying the food for patients is different from the contractor in question.