Authorities in Germany, Spain, Italy and Belgium have provided more details of their roles in an international operation focused on potentially dangerous food and beverages.
Operation Opson IX, coordinated by
The Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) in Germany has called on manufacturers and importers to increase checks to ensure the safety of spices.
Industry is responsible
Stricter rules on Campylobacter have not yet led to a decrease in contamination based on figures from a German agency.
Almost a quarter of carcasses in the country had Campylobacter
Authorities in Germany have admitted mistakes were made as part of investigations into a Listeria outbreak that affected 37 people beginning in 2014.
One infection was recorded in 2014, three
The United States is one of more than 20 countries that may have received meat from a German company linked to a Listeria outbreak.
Potentially contaminated products from Wilke Waldecker
European authorities have uncovered an operation allegedly making products out of decomposed apples, contaminated with mycotoxins and other toxic chemicals, unsuitable for human consumption and dangerous for public health.
Italian
A German agency informed the public about the risks of drinking raw milk ahead of World Milk Day on June 1.
The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
