The number of people diagnosed with a foodborne illness in Denmark fell sharply in 2020, according to an annual report on infections.
The report by the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Statens Serum
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The number of foodborne outbreaks and the number of people sick in them fell in Denmark in 2020, according to a report.
A total of 35 foodborne outbreaks were registered compared with 51 in the
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Three confirmed cases of foodborne botulism are being investigated in Denmark.
The outbreak occurred earlier this month at a private company in Southern Denmark. Six people had eaten together and three initially developed symptoms. Two
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The number of online advertisements found featuring food claiming to prevent or cure coronavirus in Europe has passed 600. The European Commission called on member states to reinforce their vigilance and adapt control activities on
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Public health officials in Denmark are looking into three outbreaks that have sickened almost 50 people with one caused by Hepatitis A and two due to rare strains of Salmonella.
Since June, the Statens Serum
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A type of lectin in red kidney beans was behind an outbreak in Denmark earlier this year.
Poisoning left 45 people sick, including 24 on one day, in late April. It was limited to a
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Up to 100 people could be affected by an ongoing Campylobacter outbreak on a Danish island.
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen), DTU Food Institute and Statens Serum Institut (SSI) are investigating the outbreak
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Denmark and Sweden are the latest countries to report outbreaks of norovirus linked to shellfish from France.
At least 180 people in Denmark are sick since the start of the year and 70 are affected
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Almost 90 people are part of an outbreak in Denmark from Campylobacter after eating chicken meat from one slaughterhouse.
Statens Serum Institut (SSI), the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen) and DTU Food – National
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Danish authorities have halted production at a speciality food store after one of its products was linked to three Listeria infections.
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen) stopped production of food at a specialty
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