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,
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
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
Researchers have estimated the burden of disease from certain foodborne pathogens in the Netherlands in 2019.
About 41 percent of the foodborne burden was associated with meat such as poultry,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
