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 sources of salmonellosis outbreaks were eggs, egg products, and mixed foods, which are meals composed
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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 of the outbreak, according to the study published in Epidemiology and Infection. It is
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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 (ACT Health) was told by the owner of a food outlet about a report of
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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 was held in November in Stockholm, Sweden, and remotely. It was organized by the European
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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 and the implicated strain had not been detected in Finland before.
Several people reported symptoms
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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 was affected by measures taken during the pandemic.
There were 251 reports of suspected or
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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 continued to impact notification rates of foodborne disease. The number of Campylobacter, Salmonella, E. coli
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Six people in Australia were part of a hepatitis A outbreak this past year after eating dates from Jordan, according to a study.
Researchers said it was the first known hepatitis A outbreak in the country linked to imported fresh Medjool dates. A connection was identified with an outbreak in
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The amount of foodborne outbreaks reported in Germany has continued to fall, according to the latest figures.
In 2021, the Robert Koch-Institut (RKI) and Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) received slightly fewer reports of outbreaks with 168 compared to 193 in the previous year.
At least 1,179
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The number of foodborne outbreaks in the Netherlands passed 800 in 2021, according to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).
A total of 838 outbreaks, affecting 3,517 people, were reported in 2021. This is an increase compared with 559 outbreaks in 2020 affecting 1,907 people and
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