Authorities in Finland are investigating a Listeria outbreak that has affected eight people.
All patients have been hospitalized but no deaths have been recorded. The age range of those sick is 60 to 93 years
Continue Reading Finland searches for source of Listeria outbreak
More than four times fewer suspected food and waterborne epidemics have been reported in Finland in the past few months.
Between March and May, four suspected foodborne outbreaks were reported, compared with an average of
Continue Reading Decline in foodborne outbreaks likely due to COVID-19 measures
Finnish authorities are investigating a company for allegedly buying foreign game meat and selling it as a domestic product.
Joupin Meklari Oy is suspected by officials of buying, selling and storing items such as venison
Continue Reading Finnish food agency orders destruction of meat products
A rapid method to detect human noroviruses in food has been proposed in Finland.
The findings were part of a doctoral dissertation comparing four published extraction methods for detection of norovirus in lettuce, ham, and
Continue Reading Researcher presents method to detect norovirus in food
More than 130 foodborne outbreaks were recorded in Finland between 2014 and 2016, according to a recent report.
Data comes from a register of foodborne and waterborne outbreaks maintained by the former Finnish Food Safety
Continue Reading Norovirus most often responsible for foodborne outbreaks in Finland
More than 20 people are part of a multi-country Listeria outbreak traced to fish and five have died since 2014.
An outbreak assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for
Continue Reading Five dead from Listeria outbreak linked to fish
Researchers looking at Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and Campylobacter jejuni in unpasteurized, raw milk in Finland have advised heat treatment before consumption.
The study suggested milk filters are more suitable sampling targets for monitoring than
Continue Reading Researchers recommend heating raw milk to kill pathogens
Separate testing in Finland and Switzerland detected Listeria monocytogenes in a variety of products last year but no samples contained the pathogen at levels above legal limits.
The Finland customs authority (Tulli in Finnish) detected
Continue Reading Swiss and Finnish checks find Listeria
One person in Sweden has fallen ill after incorrectly preparing chickpeas and beans that were not labelled correctly.
Sweden issued a Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) notification after a report from the
Continue Reading One ill in Sweden due to mislabeled beans; favism suspected
Researchers in Finland have detailed an E. coli outbreak in 2016 with more than 230 cases linked to rocket salad, known as arugula salad by U.S. consumers.
In August 2016, an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing
Continue Reading Researchers describe non-O157 STEC outbreak traced to salad
Seventeen food isolates matching the Salmonella outbreak strain linked to 147 illnesses were detected earlier this year in four plants of one company and the site of a different firm in the United Kingdom.
The
Continue Reading Cucumber Salmonella outbreak strain isolated from four sites of UK company
