It’s cruise season and that means it’s norovirus season for vacationers who opt for trips on the high seas.
The most recently reported outbreak of the highly contagious virus, which often starts as a foodborne
Continue Reading Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships not uncommon
The United Kingdom has reported 24 cases of Salmonella linked to travel on cruise ships.
Salmonella Enteritidis cases are from cruise ships visiting destinations in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. The outbreak was detected
Continue Reading Salmonella cases in UK from food on cruise ships confirmed with WGS
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the
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The holiday cruise season is steaming toward the New Year having logged less than one foodborne illness outbreak a month thus far in 2017 that met the CDC’s criteria for public posting.
As of Dec.
Continue Reading CDC reports cruise ship outbreaks mostly norovirus
Almost 200 people on one of the world’s largest cruise ships are sick with what public health officials say appears to be a foodborne illness from the boat’s bottomless buffet.
Part of the Royal Caribbean
Continue Reading Gigantic cruise ship hit with foodborne illness outbreak
Outbreaks from foodborne pathogens on cruise ships in the past couple of years provided high-profile headlines, but federal statistics suggest the risk factor for passengers is relatively low.
Between 2008 and 2014, about 74 million
Continue Reading CDC says cruises pose low risk for acute gastroenteritis
With more than 22 million passengers each year, cruise ships are a popular way to get out and see the world, but they’re also a great venue for spreading contagious foodborne illnesses to a large
Continue Reading ProPublica Study Dishes on Cruise Ship Food Safety Problems
CNN reports that hundreds of people aboard two cruise ships in the Caribbean fell ill due to norovirus, the latest instances in which the stomach bug has afflicted vacationers at sea. The U.S. Centers for
Continue Reading Norovirus Outbreaks Haunt Cruise Ships
Nearly 400 passengers and crew aboard 2 different cruise ships were throwing up last week — but not from seasickness. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday that at least 121 people
Continue Reading Cruise Ships Rocked by Stomach Illnesses Last Week
Winter months consistently produce the highest numbers of Norovirus outbreaks, but early reports suggest that the bug may be striking a particularly large number of victims this season. In the United Kingdom, the number of
Continue Reading Winter Norovirus Cases Spike Around Globe
