Statistics on six diseases causing the most food and waterborne infections in Europe have been published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The most recent data
Public health officials in New Zealand are reminding people to thoroughly cook collected shellfish to avoid Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection.
New Zealand is in the warmer summer months of the Southern
The number of foodborne infections in Europe went up in 2021 but is still below figures from before the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a report.
The drop compared to pre-pandemic
Salmonella was responsible for more than half of all foodborne outbreaks in Australia in 2017, according to recently released figures.
A total of 179 foodborne outbreaks were reported in 2017.
Researchers have used data on the weather and Campylobacter on farms in Norway to see if it could help with outbreak surveillance.
Models showed statistically significant relationships, matching the hypothesis
Half of Germans think that food bought in the country is safe, according to a survey.
Consumers mostly rate the safety of food purchased in Germany as high, found a
Climate impacts on diseases including foodborne infections pose a growing threat, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA).
The agency said there is a need to move from planning to
The number of foodborne infections went up in the Netherlands in 2021 but is still below pre-Coronavirus levels, according to a new report.
The Zoonoses Report is published annually by
New Zealand has reported foodborne infection and outbreak figures for 2021 with statistics still affected by a coronavirus.
In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic and public health measures taken to control
Public health officials in New York City are looking into an outbreak of illnesses believed to be infections from Campylobacter, a foodborne pathogen.
Brooklyn officials say 50 cases of illnesses
Foodborne illness is a preventable public health challenge that continues to cause an estimated 48 million illnesses and 3,000 deaths each year in the United States, and millions more
Foodborne illness costs Australia almost AUD $2.5 billion annually, according to updated estimates.
Figures show the scale of the problem is $2.44 billion (U.S. $1.58 billion)
