article_snippet: Food hygiene is so poor in more than 500 hospitals, care homes and nurseries that Food hygiene have been ordered to take action to improve.
article_snippet: It raises fears that patients, children and the elderly risk illness from meals served by public service kitchens and sparks calls for urgent action to address the problem.
article_snippet: Luciana Berger, Labour's shadow public health minister, said: 'It is not acceptable that over 500 hospitals, childcare and caring premises have been told to improve 500 hospitals, childcare and caring premises food hygiene. '
article_snippet: Lciana Berger, Labour's shadow public health minister, said was 'not acceptable' that over 500 hospitals, childcare and caring premises have been told to improve 500 hospitals, childcare and caring premises food hygiene .
article_snippet: But people admitted to hospital will not have the same degree of choice, and most will be forced to eat the meals served or rely on friends and family to boy food from outside.
highlights_snippet: Patients and elderly risk illness from public service kitchens .
  
highlights_snippet: Labour says it is unacceptable that  so many sites have poor food hygiene .