The number of foodborne outbreaks declined in the Netherlands this past year with officials citing COVID-19 related measures as the main reason.
In 2020, there were 559 outbreaks with 1,907 patients reported. This is less than 756 outbreaks affecting 2,805 people in 2018 and 735 outbreaks sickening 3,058 in 2019.
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Two issues have been sent for further investigation according to the first annual report from an emerging food safety risk unit in the Netherlands.
Experts identified more than 20 areas and a couple of them have been escalated to coordinators of the network.
The two issues were not disclosed because
Continue Reading Dutch emerging risk unit covered 20 topics in first year
A Dutch broadcaster has revealed authorities had previously warned a company behind a fatal Listeria outbreak about problems with shelf life studies.
RTL Nieuws reported the findings after requesting documents about the incident from the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA).
Listeria in processed meats from Offerman, a
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The main suspects in the 2017 fipronil in eggs scandal have been sentenced to a year in prison by a Dutch court.
Managers of Chickfriend and Chickclean were given 12 months in jail for using fipronil at poultry farms in the Netherlands and endangering public health.
The 28-year-old and 35-year-old
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Wageningen University scientists have looked at why there are discrepancies in Salmonella results between poultry farmers’ and authorities’ tests.
Experts analyzed factors associated with the difference between positive tests from routine initial Salmonella monitoring by poultry farmers and negative results of a retest by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product
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A regional court in the Netherlands has found there are issues at a food company but they are not serious enough for it to be shut down. Implicated chia seed was sent to the United States.
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) wanted the temporary closure of Doens Food Ingredients for
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More than 700 food-related outbreaks were reported in the Netherlands in both 2018 and 2019.
In 2018, 756 foodborne outbreaks with 2,805 illnesses were recorded and in this past year 735 outbreaks with 3,058 illnesses were reported. The number of outbreaks went up from 2017 but illnesses declined.
The data
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The Dutch food agency does not have sufficient capacity to properly perform all of its tasks, according to a report.
Consultancy firm Deloitte looked at seven areas that involve the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) including food safety, animal welfare, and plant health for the Ministry of
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Two agencies in the Netherlands have looked at the prevalence of selected pathogens in chickens for meat production.
The study reaffirmed Campylobacter, Salmonella and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria on broiler farms can be transmitted to humans through meat consumption and direct or indirect contact.
In 2018 and 2019 the National
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At least two people have died in a Listeria outbreak linked to chilled smoked trout fillets in the Netherlands.
All six sick people have been hospitalized and two died from their infections. Another person has died but no information about the cause of death was given.
Patients became ill between
Continue Reading Fatal Listeria outbreak linked to trout in the Netherlands
