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
Continue Reading Netherlands records more than 700 outbreaks in 2019
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
Continue Reading Dutch study assesses pathogens in broilers
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
Continue Reading Fatal Listeria outbreak linked to trout in the Netherlands
The number of deaths linked to a Listeria outbreak from meat products in 2019 has doubled.
It had been thought 21 people were infected with Listeria monocytogenes in the Netherlands and Belgium. One person fell
Continue Reading Deaths linked to Dutch Listeria outbreak double
Two laboratories did not achieve a good performance in the initial 2018 quality control test on Salmonella typing, according to a new report.
The National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) of EU member states participate in quality
Continue Reading Two labs hit problems in Salmonella typing test
Chicken meat from Brazil is being investigated as the source of Salmonella illnesses in the Netherlands.
Between the end of 2019 and mid-February 2020, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) identified
Continue Reading Dutch Salmonella illnesses linked to Brazilian poultry
More than 4,000 foodborne outbreaks causing almost 22,000 illnesses and 13 deaths were recorded in the Netherlands during a 12-year period.
A total of 4,155 outbreaks, with 21,802 ill people, were registered from 2006 to
Continue Reading Dutch data shows no pathogen notified in most outbreaks
All laboratories except one that took part in a proficiency test to detect Salmonella in flaxseed performed well, according to the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).
A total of 42
Continue Reading Good results for labs in Salmonella flaxseed test
A meat processing company in the Netherlands has been fined for not fully cooperating during a recall of pork possibly contaminated with Salmonella in 2018.
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) imposed
Continue Reading Dutch meat firm fined for lack of cooperation in pork recall
There was a rise in Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections in the Netherlands this past year, according to an annual report.
The State of Zoonoses 2018 report published by the National Institute for Public Health
Continue Reading STEC and Campylobacter infections rise in the Netherlands
An assessment by two European agencies has confirmed a Listeria outbreak from cold meat in the Netherlands and Belgium.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) found
Continue Reading Multiple meat items Listeria positive from 2017 in 2 country outbreak
