Bridgend CBC claims it will ‘not fail to take action' on food safety in the wake of the E.coli outbreak which killed schoolboy Mason Jones. The five-year-old died in 2005 in the largest outbreak of E.coli in Wales, after consuming meat supplied to schools by butcher William Tudor. Professor Hugh Pennington conducted a public inquiry into the outbreak, and his report, published last week, has concluded the council's food safety inspectors did not assess and monitor the butchers ‘as well as they could and should have'. Council leader, Cllr Mel Nott, said: ‘I also want to send a clear message to all food business operators that we will take strict action against premises which flout their responsibilities.'