Austria has verified hygiene and self-controls at sites handling and processing food of animal origin.
The review published by the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) looked at general and specific hygiene requirements
Continue Reading Austria checks producer hygiene; reviews cheese and produce safety
Austrian authorities are investigating an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections that has affected a handful of people.
Between September and December 2020, six people fell ill with infections from E. coli O146:H28.
Continue Reading Investigators still looking for source of outbreak of E. coli infections in Austria
Three European countries have recorded Listeria infections with fish being investigated as the source.
Germany has reported 30 infections and, since November, two people in Austria and one person in Denmark has contracted the same
Continue Reading Germany hit hardest by current Listeria outbreak across Europe
Fewer than 50 foodborne outbreaks were reported across Austria this past year but two of them involved more than 300 people.
In connection with the 48 outbreaks, 793 people became ill. This is a sharp
Continue Reading Austria hit by two large outbreaks in 2019
More than 1,000 product warnings, recalls and notices for food, food contact materials, cosmetics and toys were published in Austria between 2010 and 2019.
The main reasons were residues, microorganisms and contamination by foreign material.
Continue Reading Austria records more than 800 food recalls in past decade
Austrian officials have linked six Listeria infections to a German meat producer.
Products from Wilke Waldecker Fleisch- und Wurstwaren are suspected to be behind a Listeria outbreak in Germany involving 37 people and three deaths.
Continue Reading Austrian Listeria infections linked to German meat producer
Salmonella in food is one of the issues that tops consumer awareness — coming in at 95 percent — but more than three quarters of Germans still consider food to be safe, according to a
Continue Reading Salmonella among issues at top of consumers’ awareness in Germany
Production at a German meat company linked to a Listeria outbreak has temporarily been shut down by authorities.
Officials in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district of Germany closed the production facility of Wilke Waldecker Fleisch-und Wurstwaren in
Continue Reading German meat plant linked to Listeria outbreak stops production
Thirteen people were part of a Listeria outbreak after eating liver pâté in Austria at the end of this past year and one person died.
The outbreak strain had not been detected previously in Austria
Continue Reading Austrian Listeria outbreak linked to liver pâté
The number of foodborne outbreaks in Austria continues to decline with only 52 reported in 2018.
This figure was 69 in 2017, 80 in 2016 and 368 a decade ago, according to a report from
Continue Reading Austria sees continued decline in foodborne outbreaks
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
Continue Reading Food safety report gives picture of issues in Austria
