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Ethylene oxide and Salmonella feature in major FSA incidents

By Joe Whitworth on September 14, 2022

Salmonella in breaded chicken and ethylene oxide were two of the main incidents handled this past year by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

The FSA was notified of 2,336 food and feed safety incidents in England, Northern…

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Food testing gets overhaul in Scotland; feeder mice issue revisited

By Joe Whitworth on April 15, 2022

Scotland is planning a new food sampling strategy to tackle challenges associated with the current approach to testing.

The proposed model has four strands of surveillance managed and funded by Food Standards Scotland (FSS), and…
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FSA board hears updates on food crime and Salmonella outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on March 22, 2022

Local authority recovery, a Salmonella outbreak, food crime cases and prosecutions were among topics covered at the latest Food Standards Agency (FSA) board meeting.

Emily Miles, FSA chief executive gave an update on the local…
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UK bans some feeder rodents because of Salmonella outbreak; children particularly at risk

By Joe Whitworth on February 23, 2022

The United Kingdom has banned imports of feeder rodents from Lithuania because of a Salmonella outbreak in humans.

An ongoing outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis has been linked to mice imported from Lithuania used as animal…
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UK dealing with norovirus and Salmonella outbreaks

By News Desk on December 16, 2021

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has updated information on two outbreaks of norovirus and Salmonella.

The FSA is investigating an outbreak of norovirus with local authorities and the UKHSA (formerly Public Health England) with a…
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Norway follows UK with reptile Salmonella warning

By Joe Whitworth on October 2, 2021

Norway has reported 13 human Salmonella infections over three years linked to the feeding and handling of snakes.

Similarly, officials in the UK have reported almost 850 people have fallen ill with Salmonella infections in …
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Renewed Salmonella warning for reptile owners; hundreds sickened in recent years

By Joe Whitworth on September 28, 2021

Almost 850 people have fallen ill with Salmonella infections in recent years as part of an outbreak linked to feeder rodents.

The outbreak was first investigated in 2015 and most of those sick lived in…
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37 Salmonella Cases in 18 States Linked to Frozen Feeder Rodents

By News Desk on May 20, 2014

Contact with frozen feeder rodents has been linked to 37 people from 18 states becoming infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium, according to an announcement Tuesday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
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