The European Commission has opened a comment period as part of plans to change the current set-up and establish EU reference laboratories (EURLs) in public health.
The call for applications
Twenty people have fallen sick, and five have died in a Listeria outbreak linked to fish that has been ongoing since 2019.
Most cases have been recorded in Denmark, but
More than 100 patients have been added to a multi-country Salmonella outbreak that began in 2021.
By mid-March 2024, 300 Salmonella Mbandaka patients have been reported, according to the European
Updated data in Europe shows resistance to commonly used antimicrobials was frequent in Salmonella and Campylobacter isolates from humans.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and European Centre for Disease
According to a multi-agency analysis, a decline in antimicrobial consumption in Europe has been associated with a drop in overall antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Findings come from a report looking at
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) monitors the situation after some countries reported a spike in Hepatitis E infections.
In January 2024, 520 Hepatitis E virus (HEV)
More details about the impact of seven kinds of foodborne infections in Europe in 2022 have been released.
The reports cover Campylobacter, Salmonella, Yersinia, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), Listeria,
Researchers have highlighted how international coordination played a role in solving a multi-country Salmonella outbreak linked to melons from Honduras.
Scientists said information sharing and harmonized data collection helped make
Foodborne outbreaks and related deaths in Europe went up in 2022, according to EFSA and ECDC.
The 2022 One Health zoonoses report, published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Ready-to-eat (RTE) fish products have been linked to almost 100 Listeria infections in an outbreak that started in 2011 and continued into this year, according to two European agencies.
The
Listeria infections have hit record levels in Europe while Salmonella and E. coli cases also went up in 2022, according to the latest figures.
Data comes from the European Food
Scientists have given details about different Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, norovirus, and Cryptosporidium outbreaks in various countries.
Presentations at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) covered
