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 and Serbian authorities said they
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The risk of histamine food poisoning — also known as scombroid fish poisoning — could increase in Europe in the future if trading trends continue, according to researchers.
The scientists made the remark in the
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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
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Authorities from six European countries have dismantled an alleged criminal organization that sold fish unfit for consumption.
Fish was stored in, and transported to, several EU countries in improper and unsanitary conditions, and then sold
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The ECDC has identified a link between an outbreak of nine Listeria cases in Denmark and nine more infections between 2014 and 2018 in four other countries.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
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Danish officials have solved a Listeria outbreak that had been ongoing for three years.
Cold-smoked fish products imported from Estonia are the source of the long-lasting outbreak, which had made nine people sick and linked
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The number of people affected by Listeria in Norway in the past few months has grown to 13. Two-thirds ate a traditional dish made with fermented, uncooked fish before becoming sick.
The Norwegian Institute of
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An international food safety entity responded to more than 80 incidents over a two-year period, according to a report.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was involved in 84 international food safety events during
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The United Nations’ FAO and the World Health Organization have found that the risk of histamine development in fish of the Salmonidae family is unlikely to reach the levels needed to cause food poisoning.
The
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The FAO is helping Ukraine improve the safety of its fishery products and boost exports to Europe.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN said based on findings of an assessment in 2016 and
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More than 80,000 kilograms of illicit Bluefin tuna has been seized in Spain and several cases of food poisoning reported due to fish being stored in unsanitary conditions.
Eight cases were detected after eating the
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