Mason's mum wants answers from E.coli inquiry

Feb 12 2008 by Abby Alford, Media Wales

Mum wants answers from E.coli inquiry

The E.coli outbreak from the beginning

September 6 and 7 2005 – Tudor begins delivering cooked meat to schools.

September 16 – First suspected E.coli cases reported.

September 19 – Environmental health officers visit butcher William Tudor’s premises in Bridgend.

September 20 – Bridgend council shuts down the butchers.

October 4 – Mason Jones dies at Bristol Children’s Hospital.

December 20 – Outbreak officially declared over. A total of 157 people, most of them children, had been affected.

February 2006 – William Tudor shuts his firm after losing the contract to provide schools with meat.

January 2007 – Tudor formally charged with supplying meat contaminated with E.coli.

February – Crown Prosecution Service announce they will not be charging Tudor with manslaughter.

July 20 – Tudor admits six charges of supplying contaminated meat.

August 3 – Tudor enters seventh guilty plea to charge of failing to protect food against the risk of contamination.

September 7 – Tudor jailed for 12 months.

February 12, 2008 – The public inquiry into the E.coli outbreak – Wales’ first public inquiry – begins in Crickhowell House, Cardiff Bay.