# FOOD POISONING CLAIM LETTER
Date: 9 July 2037
Parties: Ava Collins and The Copper Fig Ltd
## 1. Purpose and parties
I claim compensation after eating at The Copper Fig restaurant in Cambridge on 28 June 2037. I ate chicken salad and dessert at about 7:30 pm, developed vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain overnight, and attended my GP on 30 June. The restaurant was notified on 1 July.
## 2. Facts, scope and terms
The GP note records acute gastroenteritis and time off work from 30 June to 3 July. Two companions reported similar symptoms to me, although I accept that timing and symptoms alone do not prove that the restaurant caused the illness. I ask you to preserve food-safety records, supplier details and any inspection correspondence.
## 3. Process and responsibilities
Please provide your insurer or claims handler details and investigate under the Food Safety Act 1990 and applicable food-hygiene requirements. I seek reasonable compensation for illness, lost earnings and documented expenses, subject to medical and factual evidence. This letter is an invitation to resolve the claim, not a final admission of causation.
## 4. Evidence, records and safeguards
The parties should retain the relevant contract, notice, invoices, records and correspondence, and restrict access to personal or confidential information to those who need it. The stated amounts and dates are fictional worked-example facts and require checking against source records.
## 5. Review, escalation and outcome
If the issue is not resolved, the parties should identify the appropriate next step, which may include an internal process, mediation, court or regulator. Silence or part performance is not treated as acceptance or waiver.
## 6. Reservations and practical protections
This document is a general fictional example, not individual legal advice and not a guarantee of eligibility, liability or outcome. Where necessary, an independent professional should check the facts and current law.
## 7. England and Wales law and completion
This completed fictional sample is made on the date above under the law of England and Wales and subject to mandatory protections. It does not exclude any right, liability or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded.