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Salmonella cases in UK from food on cruise ships confirmed with WGS

By Joe Whitworth on June 18, 2019

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…
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Briefly: Pufferfish poison — Sail or fail — CRISPR mushrooms

By News Desk on January 19, 2018

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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CDC reports cruise ship outbreaks mostly norovirus

By News Desk on December 9, 2017

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.
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Gigantic cruise ship hit with foodborne illness outbreak

By News Desk on December 7, 2017

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…
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CDC says cruises pose low risk for acute gastroenteritis

By News Desk on January 15, 2016

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…
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ProPublica Study Dishes on Cruise Ship Food Safety Problems

By News Desk on May 26, 2015

MooredCruiseShipMainWith 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…
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Norovirus Outbreaks Haunt Cruise Ships

By News Desk on February 1, 2014

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…
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Cruise Ships Rocked by Stomach Illnesses Last Week

By Gretchen Goetz on March 12, 2013

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…
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Winter Norovirus Cases Spike Around Globe

By James Andrews on January 4, 2013

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…
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Norovirus on Cruise Ship Sickens 134

By News Desk on September 10, 2012

An outbreak of Norovirus among passengers and crew of a Princess Cruises ship has sickened 134 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To date, CDC is reporting 11 illnesses among…
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