In the European food-poisoningcharts Spain is number one, accordingto a Watchdog survey reported in this holiday special.
Using a hidden camera, environmental officers Dr Lisa
Ackerley and Graham Murphy , a husband-and-wife team, went undercover in the restaurants and kitchens of 28 Majorcan hotels to discover the unappetising truth. Of food samples taken, more than half failed to comply to local hygiene regulations.
Swimming-pool accidents are another problem. During the holiday season, a British child is taken into intensive care every week at the Son Dureta Hospital in Majorca.
And Spain is not alone. In
Crete, one hotel had more than 60 guests ill at the same time! Producer Helen Glanville
Editor Sarah Caplin