Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market is the UK’s largest festive market event (Image: Getty)
A father who says he has been plagued with wind since eating a ham sandwich five years ago is now taking legal action.
Tyrone Prades, 46, claims that since eating the roll at the Christmas market in 2017, his life has never been the same and now suffers from flatulence so bad it wakes him up at night.
Mr Prades, from Wiltshire, is suing the company that runs the stall for more than £200,000.
He says that hours after eating the sandwich at the Birmingham event, he felt sick and had a stomach ache.
This led to such severe illness, including fever and diarrhoea, that he was bedridden for five weeks, his lawyers told the High Court.
Flooring company boss Mr Prades believes he contracted salmonella from the stall and claims others who ate there were also infected.
His lawyer, Robert Parkin, said: “The claimant continues to suffer from excessive flatulence which is causing him great discomfort.
“Symptoms are mainly fatigue and altered bowel function, associated with ‘fuzziness’ in his abdomen and flatulence.
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“The plaintiff’s stomach continues to make frequent noises to the extent that his sleep can be disturbed.
“The extent of the symptoms has been life-changing.”
He said there had been an investigation by Public Health England, which had led to the stall being closed and a deep clean carried out.
“A total of 16 people in three groups complained of similar symptoms after eating at the stand,” he says.
He said there were two confirmed cases of salmonellosis originating from the stall between December 9 and 11, 2017.
Mr Prades alleged that the company was negligent in supplying contaminated bap as it failed to provide sufficient hygiene measures.
“Clearly, a food that was contaminated in the way the bap was was not fit for human consumption,” he says.
Environmental health operators found e.coli on a knife on the counter, but there was no evidence of salmonella.
But operator Frankfurt Christmas Market Ltd has denied wrongdoing, with its lawyer Philip Davey saying Mr Prades had not claimed to be suffering from e.coli.
“The allegation that the bap was contaminated with salmonella bacteria is not accepted and needs to be proven,” Mr Davey said.
The company also disputes the amount of the claim.
The case will be heard at a later date.
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