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Snail meat likely behind some outbreaks in Africa

By News Desk on July 18, 2022

Scientists have suggested that outbreaks from edible snail consumption may be going undetected in Cameroon.

Researchers detected Campylobacter, Yersinia, Listeria, Salmonella, and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in snails in Cameroon. African land snails are a…

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Rat lungworm cases linked to eating centipedes; host snails increasing in US

By Joe Whitworth on August 8, 2018

A foodborne parasite detected in two patients in a Chinese hospital has been traced to consumption of raw wild centipedes, according to a case report by the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Researchers…
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Snails Seized at LA Airport for Threat to Public Health, Agriculture, Economy

By News Desk on July 15, 2014

U.S. officials confiscated 67 giant African snails at the Los Angeles International Airport on July 1, citing a triple threat to public health, agriculture and the economy. The snails, weighing 35 pounds total and coming…
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