Health officials say that the vaccines, which are sold under the tradename Menjugate, have been recalled as a precautionary measure.
A statement from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency(MHRA) said that the vaccines, which are manufactured and packed inItaly by pharmaceutical company Novartis, had passed all safety tests,and that the fear of possible contamination had arisen after a sample ofthe two batches was sent overseas for air pressure testing. The samplestested positive for the Staphlococcus aureus bacterium when they reachedtheir destination. However, the batches sent to the UK were transportedby road and were not exposed to the air pressure testing. Staphlococcusaureus can cause a number of serious health problems, including fatalblood poisoning and pneumonia.
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