According to researchers, mandatory reporting of Listeria infections in Costa Rica would help improve knowledge of the pathogen in the country.
Listeriosis is not a notifiable disease in the country, so its prevalence is unknown, and the diversity of Listeria monocytogenes circulating is unclear.
Previous studies found Listeria monocytogenes in various foods
Continue Reading Scientists look into Listeria risk in Costa Rica and Ecuador
The number of people sick in the United Kingdom in an outbreak linked to melons has almost doubled.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Public Health England (PHE) are investigating the incident with 99 people sick since April. It was previously known that 52 people were ill in the UK.
Continue Reading UK patient count in Salmonella melon outbreak doubles
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 United Kingdom, Canada and Switzerland. Illnesses started in late March.
Czech Republic and Spain have
Continue Reading Large Salmonella outbreak linked to melons
More than 25 people have died in the Dominican Republic after drinking adulterated alcohol, according to authorities.
The Ministry of Public Health reported 26 deaths and more than 80 people affected throughout the country. The agency called on the population to not drink illegally produced alcoholic beverages.
The outbreak of
Continue Reading Deaths in Dominican Republic linked to tainted alcohol
Researchers have developed a device that detects low concentrations of methanol in alcoholic beverages.
Swiss experts have created and tested a portable device paired with a smartphone app that can measure methanol levels. When placed over an open container, the device uses a sensor that absorbs a vapor or gas
Continue Reading Researchers develop device to measure methanol in alcohol
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has marked World Food Safety Day this month by highlighting food safety efforts in Uganda and Costa Rica.
The IAEA and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) build country capacity in the use of nuclear, isotopic and analytical techniques to determine the
Continue Reading IAEA details food safety work in Uganda and Costa Rica
Non-ambulatory veal slaughtered in the Netherlands will no longer be exported to the United States.
Dr. C.J.M. Bruschke, the chief veterinary officer for the Netherlands, has promised to keep veal calves that cannot walk from entering the U.S. food supply.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service recently completed on-site audits
Continue Reading USDA completes equivalency audits for the Netherlands, Ireland and Costa Rica
The number of food safety incidents involving an international network declined based on figures from the most recent quarter.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 18 food safety events covering 50 countries from July to September compared to 29 incidents concerning 66 countries from April to
Continue Reading Decline in food safety incidents monitored by INFOSAN
At least 13 people have died in Israel since the start of 2018 because of methanol poisoning from alcohol, according to the country’s Ministry of Health.
The agency reported these were only incidents examined in labs, so the actual number is estimated to be significantly higher.
Methanol in small amounts
Continue Reading Israel issues adulterated alcohol warning following deaths
Visitors and residents of Costa Rica should not let their guard down regarding adulterated alcohol. Two more deaths from methanol poisoning were reported this week by the Costa Rican Ministry of Health.
The two latest deaths occurred in Santa Bárbara de Heredia and Santa Cruz de Guanacaste. The death total
Continue Reading Adulterated alcohol kills two more in Costa Rica for 25 dead to date
