Danish researchers have achieved a reduction in Campylobacter in chickens by adding additives to their feed.
Scientists from DTU National Food Institute conducted trials at a free-range chicken farm in Jutland. Campylobacter prevalence in free-range broilers is usually higher than in conventional flocks.
Trials demonstrate that adding biochar to chicken feed
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One person has died in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak linked to salad from Italy.
A foodborne outbreak with about 200 Salmonella Umbilo cases occurred between July and September 2024 in nine European countries. Germany was the most affected with 118 infections.
Salmonella Umbilo was detected in rocket salad (also known as arugula or
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One person has died in a Listeria outbreak in Denmark traced to a brand of fish cakes.
Since mid-July, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has recorded seven patients who became ill from the same type of Listeria monocytogenes.
SSI, Fødevarestyrelsen (the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration) and the DTU Food
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Germany has been hit hardest in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak linked to rocket from Italy.
As of late September, there are 98 cases in Germany. The Robert Koch Institut (RKI) believes this number may go up. There are 16 patients in Austria and 23 in Denmark.
The first cases were
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A rare type of Salmonella has sickened 20 people in Denmark and 17 in Austria.
Since July, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has recorded 20 cases of Salmonella Umbilo.
There are 14 men and six women sick. Patients range from under 1 to 85 years old, and the median age
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Findings from a study have confirmed that beef is an important risk factor for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infection in Denmark.
Researchers also presented evidence that a proportion of sporadic STEC infections are determined by age-specific eating habits, environmental exposures, and household structure, rather than being exclusively food-related.
Scientists
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Norwegian health officials are investigating the reasons behind a spike in Salmonella cases, which have sickened more than 30 people.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) said the number of people infected with Salmonella typhimurium has increased in recent months. So far this year, 33 people have fallen sick.
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Salmonella infections overtook norovirus to become Denmark’s top cause of outbreaks in 2023.
Data from the National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, and Statens Serum Institut shows Salmonella outbreaks increased from 11 in 2022 to 18 in 2023. Norovirus caused 13
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An outbreak of Salmonella has sickened more than 30 people in Denmark.
The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) said 31 people had been infected by the same type of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium in recent months.
Patients fell sick in April and May. They include 20 men and 11 women.
Cases are
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Imported beef is to blame for a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 50 people, according to Danish officials.
Since March, 51 people in Denmark have been infected with the same type of Salmonella, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI).
The Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak has sickened 31 men and
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