Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)

At least a dozen people have been sickened in the Netherlands after eating blueberries contaminated with hepatitis A.

The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) received reports of patients with hepatitis A from two Municipal Health Services (GGD) in the south and southwest of the Netherlands.

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The European Commission has named the labs that will lead work on bacteria, parasites, and viruses.

The European Reference Laboratories (EURLs) are for food- and water-borne bacteria, food- and water-borne viruses, and food-, water- and vector-borne helminths and protozoa.

EURLs are designated for seven years and will be funded under

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Scientists have said applying a technique often used to assess the disease burden by pathogens to chemicals is “feasible but complicated.”

The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM) investigated the possibility of using the approach to estimate and compare the health impacts of foodborne chemicals.

The health

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