Results of a French surveillance operation have been published, revealing the rate of contamination in fresh poultry meat at retail.

In France, Salmonella and Campylobacter are the two main bacterial agents responsible for foodborne infections, and Clostridioides difficile is often isolated from the stools of patients with digestive disorders. Poultry

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French officials have reported findings from a check of pork products for Yersinia and two outbreaks caused by contaminated raw milk cheese.

Yersinia enterocolitica is one of the top agents reported in Europe, with the most frequent biotype BT4 in cases of yersiniosis. Pigs are reservoirs of this pathogen, hosting

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The number of outbreaks fell by more than 40 percent in France in 2020, largely because of COVID-19 measures, according to new numbers from the French public health agency.

Overall, 1,010 outbreaks were declared in 2020 affecting 6,814 people. Of these, 396 went to hospitals and nine died. Officials are
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French authorities are investigating 50 Salmonella infections to see if they are related while they try to find a common source.

The National Reference Center (CNR) for Salmonella at the Institut Pasteur has identified 50 cases of salmonellosis with very similar genetic characteristics since June.

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