New Zealand recorded a mixed picture of foodborne infections in 2023, with some going down but others rising.
A report from the Institute for Environmental and Scientific Research (ESR) showed
Officials in New Zealand have reported progress on a target to reduce domestic foodborne Campylobacter infections in the country.
A report prepared by the Institute of Environmental and Scientific Research
New Zealand has reported a rise in most major foodborne infections in 2022, according to recently published data.
The data comes from EpiSurv, the notifiable disease surveillance system, and the
New Zealand has reported foodborne infection and outbreak figures for 2021 with statistics still affected by a coronavirus.
In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic and public health measures taken to control
Most food related infections declined but a few stayed the same or went up, according to the recently released annual report on foodborne diseases in New Zealand covering 2020.
New
Campylobacter is continuing to decline but E. coli is still going up, based on figures from the 2019 report on foodborne disease in New Zealand.
New Zealand Food Safety is
Authorities in New Zealand are looking into three recent Listeria cases to see if they are linked and to find a source of the infections.
While investigations are underway to
Campylobacter, Yersinia, E. coli and Listeria infections all went up while Salmonella declined, according to the 2018 report on foodborne disease in New Zealand.
Campylobacter remained the top foodborne pathogen.
