Researchers have reported the food attributable portions of disease for four important pathogens in the United Kingdom.

Findings will be used to support future Food Standards Agency (FSA) studies estimating the burden of foodborne disease.

A literature review was conducted to provide source attribution estimates for enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), sapovirus

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The number of recalls in Finland fell in 2022, according to figures released by the Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto).

Products were withdrawn from the market 288 times due to potential microbiological contamination, pesticide residues, and undeclared allergens. The amount was 309 in 2021.

It is the first decline in several

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The number of infections from gastrointestinal viruses dropped but bacterial pathogen reports did not go down much in South Korea during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study.

Such viruses are mainly caused by the fecal-to-oral route and require direct contact among people while bacterial pathogens have food transmission as
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