The United Kingdom was hit by two outbreaks linked to melon in 2021, according to a recently released study.
It was already known that the UK was part of a multi-country Salmonella Braenderup outbreak with
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Ten people were sick and one died in China this past year after eating a toxic plant.
The food poisoning was caused by the wild plant Anisodus tanguticus, which contains tropane alkaloids.
The outbreak occurred in
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Salmonella caused the most outbreaks and outbreak-related illnesses but Listeria was behind the most deaths in Europe in 2021, according to a new report.
Salmonella accounted for almost 20 percent of all outbreaks. The top
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Three people fell ill after drinking pasteurized milk from a farm in England in 2021, according to recent study results.
The Cryptosporidium parvum outbreak was linked to milk from a vending machine.
Post-pasteurization contamination was the source
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The source of a norovirus outbreak that affected more than 200 people in an Australian state was likely an ill food handler, according to researchers.
In November 2021, the Australian Capital Territory Department of Health
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Investigations into several past outbreaks were discussed at a recent event on infectious diseases.
Presentations at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) covered Salmonella, Listeria, Clostridium Perfringens, and botulism outbreaks.
ESCAIDE
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Frozen tomato cubes were behind a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak in Finland in 2021, according to a new study.
It is thought to be the first outbreak in the country linked to a frozen tomato product
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Sweden has noted an increase in foodborne outbreaks and illnesses in 2021 but levels were still below pre-COVID-19 pandemic figures.
The number of outbreaks reported to the Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) in 2020 and 2021
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New Zealand has reported foodborne infection and outbreak figures for 2021 with statistics still affected by a coronavirus.
In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic and public health measures taken to control the spread of the disease
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