Danish officials have linked an outbreak of Salmonella to eggs produced in the country.
The Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen) and DTU Food Institute investigated the outbreak which saw half of the 18 patients hospitalized.
The same type of Salmonella was found in environmental samples
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A product considered to be an alternative to caviar has been linked to a botulism outbreak in Denmark.
The incident occurred after six people ate together at a company in early March in Southern Denmark. Three were hospitalized because of botulism and two other people reported mild symptoms.
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Public health officials on Vancouver Island, off Canada’s Pacific Coast, suspect that the likely source of a norovirus outbreak associated with the March herring run was from untreated sewage associated with marine operations.
Untreated sewage also was blamed for shellfish farm closures in Baynes
Continue Reading Norovirus likely from sewage discharge during herring run
Three warning letters recently posted by the Food and Drug Administration cited food safety violations at a tofu production plant in California, a supplement company in Nebraska and a supplier of fish roe based in Peru.
Companies that receive FDA warning letters are given 15 days to respond in writing.
Continue Reading FDA warnings: Tofu, supplements and fish eggs
