At least 140 people have fallen sick in Iceland after eating food as part of a traditional feast.
On Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, Þorrablót, an Icelandic festival, was held in Grímsnes and the town of Þorlákshöfn.
The Directorate of Health and Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) said information was
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Vibrio and Salmonella are the top bacterial pathogens linked to outbreaks in catering facilities, according to a decade of data from incidents in China.
From 2010 to 2020, China’s catering service facilities reported 18,331 outbreaks, which resulted in 206,718 illnesses, 68,561 hospitalizations, and 201 deaths.
There were 5,607 outbreaks in
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A suspected Clostridium perfringens outbreak affected 30 people in Greece in 2021, according to a study.
In May 2021, several gastroenteritis cases were reported among students and staff of a high school on a Greek island. Daily hot lunches were delivered by a catering company and consumed in classrooms.
In
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Nearly 300 people have fallen ill in Singapore after eating food from a catering company.
Two incidents affected 284 people who reported symptoms after consuming food prepared by Rasel Catering Singapore between Nov. 8 and 16.
The Ministry of Health said patients either sought outpatient treatment, treated themselves, or recovered
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Researchers have tried to find out if inspection findings can be used to predict where foodborne outbreaks may happen.
The study investigated whether routine inspection results were associated with the occurrence of foodborne outbreaks in restaurants and institutional catering. The hypothesis was that poorer inspection results would be associated with
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Public health officials continue to investigate what appears to have been an outbreak of foodborne illnesses among bus drivers shuttling the public during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California.
At least 100 bus drivers have said they became ill after eating food from a caterer who supplied
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A type of lectin in red kidney beans was behind an outbreak in Denmark earlier this year.
Poisoning left 45 people sick, including 24 on one day, in late April. It was limited to a catering company that delivered food for another business in the Copenhagen area.
The outbreak was
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Implementation of food safety management systems helped reduce outbreaks in food catering in Singapore, according to a study.
However, reported food hygiene violations did not change after they were applied. HACCP-based food safety management systems (FSMS) were mandated in Singapore in June 2014 for all licensed catering services.
Researchers investigated
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The National Environment Agency (NEA) and Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) are to step up checks on food sites during the holiday season.
The agencies told all operators and consumers to practice good food and personal hygiene because safe preparation and food handling will minimize the risk of
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County health officials continue to investigate a Salmonella outbreak linked to a Georgia caterer who provided food for recent events. At least 70 people reported becoming ill after the events, with at least four admitted to hospitals.
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