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Tropane alkaloids caused Ugandan food aid outbreaks

By Joe Whitworth on November 1, 2019

International investigations have found two outbreaks of illness in Uganda were likely caused by food aid contaminated with tropane alkaloids.

Five people died and about 300 fell sick after eating Super Cereal distributed in Karamoja…
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Norway finds tropane and pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food samples

By News Desk on September 14, 2019

Atropine was detected in four of 14 samples of cereal-based foods intended for children, according to a survey last year by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet).

Another tropane alkaloid, scopolamine, was detected in two…
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FDA and CDC helping with Ugandan outbreak investigation

By News Desk on June 5, 2019

Two federal agencies in the United States are part of efforts to find the source of food poisoning in Uganda that led to four deaths.

The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food…
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