Belgium has joined a pilot project looking at the accuracy of Salmonella testing in poultry flocks.
The Netherlands received permission from the European Commission to study to what extent initial positive Salmonella results can be confirmed during verification testing.
Belgium is adopting the protocol from the trial in the Netherlands
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A man has been arrested as part of an investigation into champagne contaminated with ecstasy that was linked to one death in 2022.
Eight people, aged 33 to 52, fell sick in mid-February 2022 in Weiden, Germany, and one died. There were also four illnesses in the Netherlands.
At the
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Police and the food agency in the Netherlands have uncovered an illegal slaughterhouse.
The Intelligence and Investigation Service of the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA-IOD) made the discovery in Utrecht at the end of September. One person has been arrested.
The site was visited as part of
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There was a significant increase in the number of outbreaks and people sick in them in 2022 in the Netherlands, according to recent figures.
In 2022, 1,165 outbreaks were reported, with 4,470 people falling ill. In 2021, there were 838 outbreaks with 3,517 cases. The specific causes of the rise
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Most foodborne infections increased in the Netherlands in 2022 compared to the year before, according to the latest figures.
The most notable outbreak was when 72 people contracted typhoid fever on a ship that housed asylum seekers. It was likely that they were infected by Salmonella Typhi through the ship’s
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The sampling frequency for Salmonella in breeding flocks is to be reduced in the Netherlands after the country met European targets.
As of July, mandatory sampling for the monitoring of Salmonella by owners of poultry breeding flocks will take place at least every three weeks. People with these types of
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Two men have been handed suspended prison sentences of six months in the Netherlands for their roles in the sale of Salmonella contaminated eggs.
The director and a manager at the implicated company were also ordered to do 200 hours of community service. Both men, aged 43 and 51, are
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The Dutch food agency identified 5,700 possible violations in red meat and poultry slaughterhouses in the first half of 2022.
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) said this resulted in 401 written warnings or fines. Most issues found, in the more than 23,600 checks from January to
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Two people in the Netherlands have been accused of knowingly selling eggs contaminated with Salmonella.
The case at Zwolle District Court covers events in 2017 and involves the duo, who were owner and manager of a farm at the time.
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) believes Salmonella findings were hidden
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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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