NECC has a chequered history of violating health and safety standards, having been cited on numerous occasions by the FDA prior to the latest outbreak.
Ashton will be out of action until the new year after receiving a four-week ban having been cited for bad sportsmanship.
The pharmacy compounder is also known to have a chequered history of violations standards, having been cited on numerous occasions by the FDA.
And the original paper is one of the most widely quoted in medical literature, having been cited more than 35,000 times, according to the Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge, a Web site that maintains citation databases.
It is fortunate timing, with Joe Launchbury having been cited on Sunday night for a reckless kick in a ruck early in the first half which caught the Fijian centre Asaeli Tikoirotuma on the head.
The England hooker appeared before a three-man disciplinary committee in Coventry on Wednesday night having been cited for confronting his opposite number Jamie George and leading with his head.
