Almost 100 people fell sick in a Clostridium perfringens outbreak in China in 2024.
In May 2024, an elderly care center in Beijing reported dozens of acute diarrhea cases. The local Center for Disease Control and Prevention opened an epidemiological investigation to identify the outbreak’s source and implement control measures.
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Experts have met to discuss the risks and knowledge gaps around Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens.
At a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) meeting in Rome in February, experts reviewed recent scientific developments, data, and evidence, including a review of the disease burden, attribution to food commodities of high public
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a call for data and experts relating to parasites in food.
Approximately 30 percent of foodborne illnesses globally are caused by parasitic infections, according to FAO.
The agency is working to update scientific advice on the detection, prevention, inactivation, and other
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More than 40 people have fallen sick in Spain with a type of sandwich served at a restaurant suspected of causing illness.
The Regional Delegation of Health and Consumption of the Andalusian Government confirmed it is investigating 44 cases of food poisoning from the beginning of January.
A woman in
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Clostridium perfringens has been confirmed as the cause of more than 100 students falling ill at a university in New Zealand.
Health New Zealand and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) investigated the outbreak among pupils at the University of Canterbury’s University Hall in Christchurch. Students fell ill a few
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The number of outbreaks almost doubled in Hong Kong in 2023 compared to the year before.
Officials reviewed food poisoning outbreaks related to food premises and businesses reported to the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) in 2023.
CFS and the Department of
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Clostridium perfringens and Salmonella were the agents responsible for the most foodborne outbreaks in Singapore from 2018 to 2021, according to a study.
A total of 171 outbreaks involving 7,538 cases were investigated from January 2018 to December 2021. The number of outbreaks ranged from 12 in 2020 to 59 in 2019.
For the
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Foodborne outbreaks and related deaths in Europe went up in 2022, according to EFSA and ECDC.
The 2022 One Health zoonoses report, published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), revealed the number of foodborne outbreaks and cases, hospitalizations and deaths
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Public health officials in Hong Kong have investigated a number of recent food poisoning cases linked to a range of different foods.
Earlier this week, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health revealed a suspected puffer fish poisoning case and reminded people not to consume puffer
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The number of outbreaks in France went up in 2021 but was still below 2018 and 2019 levels.
Figures from Santé publique France show there were 1,309 outbreaks affecting 11,056 people in 2021. A total of 512 people went to hospitals and 16 died.
Reported outbreaks rose from 1,010 in
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