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More than 1,000 sick in France from contaminated raw shellfish

By Joe Whitworth on January 14, 2020

The number of people in France who have become ill after eating contaminated raw shellfish has jumped to more than 1,000. The outbreak has spurred international recalls.

A total of 1,033 people have been sickened…
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Hundreds ill in France after eating contaminated raw shellfish

By Joe Whitworth on January 9, 2020

More than 650 people have fallen ill in France this past month after eating contaminated raw shellfish.

Since the start of December 2019, Santé publique France has received 123 reports of collective food poisoning suspected…
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EU mulls stronger meat, shellfish inspection regs; businesses push back

By Joe Whitworth on October 16, 2018

The European Commission is looking at revising rules for checks on meat and shellfish.

Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections could be performed under the responsibility of the official veterinarians instead of being done or supervised by…
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Researchers detail rare outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning

By News Desk on October 2, 2018

Australian researchers have examined an outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning in 2015 that caused at least four cases in Tasmania.

Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is a rare illness caused by eating shellfish containing paralytic shellfish…
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Fipronil caused a spike in RASFF notifications

Fipronil and Salmonella lead notifications in RASFF report

By Joe Whitworth on September 27, 2018

Fipronil in eggs and Salmonella in poultry meat from Brazil dominated information exchanges between European countries in 2017, according to the annual Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) report.

A total of 3,832…
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Irish food safety officials unveil strategy to better protect public

By Joe Whitworth on August 18, 2018

Ireland has launched a food safety and authenticity strategy to proactively identify and mitigate risk in the supply chain.

Implementation will focus on seven areas: communications; training; risk assessment; contingency planning; data capture, analysis and…
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California warns against eating some shellfish on Central Coast

By News Desk on August 21, 2016

Levels of domoic acid 10 times the “action level” in certain shellfish along the Central Coast spurred California officials to issue a public warning against eating rock crabs and bivalve shellfish caught in the area.…
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Update: Consumers Warned About Toxins in Fish, Crab From Two CA Counties

By News Desk on April 29, 2014

(April 29 update: This warning has been expanded to include crab.) The California Department of Public Health is advising consumers not to eat the internal organs of commercially or recreationally caught anchovy, sardines, or crab…
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