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Scientists advise food agency to use whole genome sequencing

By Joe Whitworth on December 12, 2021

Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) provides new opportunities for improving bacterial food safety but also brings with it some concerns, according to Belgian experts.

An opinion by the Scientific Committee of the Federal Agency for the…
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Undercooked pork a factor in Singapore’s Hepatitis E increase

By News Desk on October 11, 2019

Some of the rise in hepatitis E infections in Singapore may be linked to eating undercooked pork, according to a study.

The research led by the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) found that incidence of hepatitis…
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Hepatitis A cases increase in Hong Kong; source unknown

By News Desk on November 15, 2018

Officials in Hong Kong have issued a warning because of a rise in Hepatitis A cases since October.

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health reminded the public to maintain strict…
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Dutch Salmonella cases hit record low

By Joe Whitworth on October 23, 2018

Since the beginning of the century, the number of patients with salmonellosis has more than halved, according to a Dutch epidemiological report.

There were an estimated 27,440 patients with acute gastroenteritis due to salmonellosis in…
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Who’s minding the lab?

By Coral Beach on August 28, 2018

States and territories have been steadily building their epidemiology staffs, but they collectively need another 1,200 to reach “full capacity” in terms of several key health areas, including foodborne illnesses and other infectious diseases. 

One…
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Romaine source(s) remain elusive as E. coli outbreak grows

By Coral Beach on April 26, 2018

The number of victims in an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce jumped almost 60 percent in the past week as public health officials struggled to determine the source or sources of the implicated…
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Don’t Forget the Epidemiology: Unraveling a Five-Year Listeria Outbreak

By Lydia Zuraw on September 28, 2015

It’s not every day that you see an outbreak of foodborne illness spanning five years. But that’s what happened with a Listeria outbreak first announced 10 days ago by the Centers for Disease Control and…
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Oregon Outbreak Museum Memorializes What We’ve Learned About Foodborne Illness

By Lydia Zuraw on August 17, 2015

When revolutionary epidemiologist William Keene started working for the Oregon Public Health Division in 1990, he also started collecting packaging from recalled products, restaurant menus, and other elements from his outbreak investigations and displaying them…
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Could Funding Cuts to Food Safety Programs Make You Sick?

By Michelle M. Forman on July 25, 2014

(This blog post by Michelle Forman was published July 23, 2014, at APHL’s LabLog and is reposted here with permission.) When public health works, no one sees it. That’s a common adage at APHL and…
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Outbreak Case Counts: Why Official Numbers Fall Far Below Estimates

By James Andrews on April 3, 2014

When news broke this past fall of two separate Salmonella outbreaks tied to Foster Farms chicken, one of the most noteworthy aspects of each outbreak was the number of patients sickened. To date, the outbreaks…
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