The United States was in the top three countries of origin for notifications in the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) portal last year.
The U.S. is behind only Turkey and China,
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Food safety report gives picture of issues in Austria
The number of food businesses found to be violating the law during audits last year was around the same as the year before, according to Austria’s annual food safety report.
The report covers official inspections
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Three dead and 200 ill in Spanish Listeria outbreak
More than 220 people are sick and three have died as part of a listeriosis outbreak in Spain, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
From July 7 to September 13, 222 confirmed cases have
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Chemical analysis gaps found in UK lab review
Gaps in capability to perform some chemical analyses have been identified in a review into official laboratories in the United Kingdom.
The review assessed the capacity, capability, and governance of the U.K. official food and
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Two children die in Denmark after E. coli infection
Two children have died in Denmark after complications from being infected with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.
The children, one who lived in Funen and the other from the Copenhagen area, were between 5 and 9
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UK birds positive for top levels of Campylobacter rises again
The percentage of chickens positive at the top level for Campylobacter in the United Kingdom has increased for the second successive quarter.
For the top nine retailers, 3.6 percent of fresh whole chickens tested from
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Seven Listeria infections linked to organic dairy products
Seven people in France have been infected with the same strain of Listeria after consuming organic dairy products.
The outbreak was identified by the National Reference Center for Listeria and an eighth case is under
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Figures show decline in sampling and food standards controls
The number of official samples taken and food standards controls in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has declined from last year, according to statistics published by the Food Standards Agency.
Figures cover food law enforcement
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Six sick after eating mussels in United Kingdom
At least six people fell ill with diarrhetic shellfish poisoning after eating mussels harvested in the United Kingdom earlier this year.
The mussels contained high levels of heat-stable okadaic acid (OA)-group toxins. Without a validated
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Norway norovirus outbreaks linked to seaweed salad from China
More than 100 people have fallen ill in Norway from norovirus likely in a frozen seaweed salad from China.
The first outbreak of norovirus suspected to be linked to the seaweed salad occurred in mid-June
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Long incubation period during Salmonella outbreak in Norway
Researchers have stressed the need for awareness of long incubation periods as part of an investigation into a Salmonella outbreak in Norway in 2017.
In September 2017, a cluster of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium isolates was
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