As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
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An outbreak of cryptosporidium that affected 40 people in Ireland this past year has been linked to salad from one farm.
A cluster of cryptosporidiosis cases was reported from a South Dublin laboratory in July 2020. All sick people were interviewed, and environmental health officers did 110 inspections to collect
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Researchers have provided details on a Brucellosis outbreak in Israel linked to commercially sold, unregulated camel milk.
Brucella infection traced to a single brand of unpasteurized, raw camel milk was diagnosed in 19 patients during a four-month period.
From July to November 2016, the Israeli Ministry of Health noted an
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Health authorities in Finland have noted an increase in Cryptosporidium infections. Despite the coronavirus pandemic restrictions and reduced travel, there were 571 cryptosporidiosis cases in 2020, almost 30 times as high as the figure in 2010.
The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto) have
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Swedish officials have ended investigations into an increase in domestic cryptosporidium infections because the number of cases decreased since the start of February.
The Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) and Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) helped to identify five foodborne outbreaks and other infections affecting more than 230 people.
During
Continue Reading Five foodborne outbreaks added to cryptosporidium rise in Sweden
Officials in Sweden are investigating a recent increase in the number of cryptosporidiosis cases.
Folkhälsomyndigheten (Public Health Agency of Sweden) has linked some illnesses to one brand of an unpasteurized pre-purchased freshly pressed fruit and vegetable drink. Investigations indicate it is spinach in the drink, delivered in October, that is
Continue Reading Unpasteurized spinach drink tied to increase of cryptosporidium cases
Researchers in France have described an outbreak of Cryptosporidium linked to unpasteurized, raw milk white cheese. In November 2017, a gastroenteritis outbreak was reported at a school in Loire-Atlantique, western France, with more than 150 sick people.
Cryptosporidiosis appears to be largely underdiagnosed in the general population in France and
Continue Reading Study links Cryptosporidium outbreak to raw, organic cheese
