This year saw the first World Food Safety Day, a large Listeria outbreak in Spain, and another infant formula Salmonella outbreak.
Below is a selection of some international food safety stories covered in 2019.
South Africa Listeria outbreak
I want to start with this. Yes, I know it happened
Continue Reading A look back on Europe’s 2019 food safety record
The deaths of six people from Listeria infections linked to hospital food earlier this year resulted from serious failures in England’s public health system, according to a report published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Professor John Ashton says in the report that there was a
Continue Reading Former public health official says numerous government failures were behind hospitals’ Listeria outbreak
A sixth person has died in a Listeria outbreak linked to sandwiches in the United Kingdom.
The patient was one of the nine previously confirmed infections and there are no new cases of listeriosis linked to the outbreak, according to Public Health England.
The recently identified person is thought to
Continue Reading Officials report 6th death in Listeria outbreak linked to sandwiches
The sandwich producer that has become infamous for it’s part in a Listeria outbreak that killed at least five people in England has gone into liquidation.
The Good Food Chain had been told it could restart operations by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) this past week as it was no
Continue Reading Sandwich firm involved in Listeria outbreak goes into liquidation
The sandwich producer at the center of a Listeria outbreak that has killed five people in England has been given permission to restart activity.
The Good Food Chain voluntarily ceased production June 5 and withdrew all products that remained within date parameters. A total of 43 hospital operations across England
Continue Reading Sandwich firm allowed to restart after Listeria outbreak
