Half a dozen people are sick in an ongoing E. coli O157 outbreak in Denmark.
Since late March, six E. coli O157:H7 patients have been identified, and one person has developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS is a severe complication associated with E. coli infections that causes kidney failure. While
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More than 130 people have fallen sick in 11 countries with contaminated chicken meat from Poland suspected as being the source of infection.
An analysis by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) focused on two sub-clusters of Salmonella Enteritidis sequence type (ST) 11 with 134 cases mostly reported
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Denmark has topped a list of 10 countries when looking at hand hygiene practices during meal preparation.
The rank of countries regarding proper hand hygiene practices was: Denmark, Greece, Norway, Romania, Hungary, Germany, UK, Portugal, France, and Spain, according to a study published in the journal BMC Public Health.
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Danish officials are searching for the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has affected more than a dozen people.
From May to July, 14 people infected with the same type of Salmonella Enteritidis were registered at the Statens Serum Institut (SSI).
Patients are six men and eight women, who live
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The number of people sick has gone up in Denmark, but the number of outbreaks remained stable in 2022, according to recently released data.
In 2022, there were 5,142 cases of Campylobacter and 899 cases of Salmonella, compared to 3,740 and 692 in 2021. Of Campylobacter and Salmonella cases in
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Danish officials are searching for the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has affected 16 people with one recorded death.
During March and April 2023, 16 cases of Salmonella Muenchen have been recorded.
Eight men and eight women are sick. Patients are aged between 10 and 95 with a median
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Spring onions from Egypt were likely behind a deadly E. coli outbreak in Denmark in 2021, according to researchers.
Between November and December 2021, the first recorded outbreak of enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) in Denmark occurred. A total of 88 sick people, including 58 women, with a median age of 52 and
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Campaigns by authorities in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark have found allergen information provided to consumers is often inaccurate.
European regulation lists 14 allergens that are subject to labeling and information requirements.
Inspections by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) showed that 60 percent of nearly 13,000
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A Listeria outbreak that affected more than 50 people was the biggest fish-product-related incident in Germany, according to researchers.
The large listeriosis outbreak with 55 cases affected Germany, Austria, Denmark, and Switzerland during 2020 and 2021. Three people died.
Investigations of food samples identified Listeria monocytogenes from smoked rainbow trout
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A Danish campaign to tackle Listeria after a large outbreak doesn’t appear to have worked, based on the recently released findings of a study.
The awareness campaign was a risk communication strategy aimed at reducing Listeria. However, the study showed the prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in high-risk RTE facilities was
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