The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) won’t make any change to Brazil’s status as a “negligible risk” country for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Also called “mad cow disease,” BSE is a chronic degenerative disease
Continue Reading Mad cows in Brazil won’t change country’s ‘negligible risk’ status for BSE
Officials in Brazil have issued a warning after a woman became sick from a rare disease after eating fish.
The municipality of Goianésia, which is in the state of Goiás, said it is monitoring the
Continue Reading Rare case of illness in Brazil from fish prompts warning
Melons have been linked to a Salmonella Braenderup outbreak that has affected 200 people in more than 10 countries.
Patients have been reported in Denmark, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the
Continue Reading Large Salmonella outbreak linked to melons
The European Commission has tightened checks on black pepper from Brazil because of Salmonella and peanuts from India because of aflatoxins.
These and other products entering the European Union from non-EU countries are now subject
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Abstracts from a cancelled event have been issued on outbreaks in Brazil, Pakistan and Malaysia.
The conference abstracts were scheduled to be presented at the International Congress on Infectious Diseases in September 2020 in Kuala
Continue Reading Researchers describe outbreaks in Brazil, Pakistan and Malaysia
Public prosecutors in a Brazilian state have filed a complaint against certain employees from a brewery that sold contaminated beer linked to the deaths of 10 people.
The action by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of
Continue Reading State prosecutor acts in Backer beer contamination incident
A government agency, industry association and the affected company in Brazil have responded to Chinese claims that a chicken wing sample has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.
Health authorities in Shenzhen, Guangdong
Continue Reading Brazil responds to Coronavirus positive chicken claims
A court in the European Union has dismissed a case brought by two Brazilian meat companies about a 2018 decision to ban imports of their products into the EU because of public health reasons.
The
Continue Reading Two Brazilian meat firms lose case against EU import ban
An investigation by police in a Brazilian state has found the contamination of beer which killed seven people was an accident likely caused by a manufacturing defect.
Almost 30 people were poisoned by diethylene glycol
Continue Reading Police find deadly Backer beer contamination was an accident
Chicken meat from Brazil is being investigated as the source of Salmonella illnesses in the Netherlands.
Between the end of 2019 and mid-February 2020, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) identified
Continue Reading Dutch Salmonella illnesses linked to Brazilian poultry
More than 20 people are suspected to have been poisoned and four have died in Brazil after drinking contaminated batches of beer. Tests have found diethylene glycol in 32 lots of 10 Backer beers.
Officials
Continue Reading More poisonings in Brazil linked to beer; officials urge extreme caution
