One person has died in a Listeria outbreak in Denmark traced to a brand of fish cakes.
Since mid-July, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has recorded seven patients who became ill from the same type of Listeria monocytogenes.
SSI, Fødevarestyrelsen (the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration) and the DTU Food
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Salmonella infections overtook norovirus to become Denmark’s top cause of outbreaks in 2023.
Data from the National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, and Statens Serum Institut shows Salmonella outbreaks increased from 11 in 2022 to 18 in 2023. Norovirus caused 13
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An outbreak of Salmonella has sickened more than 30 people in Denmark.
The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) said 31 people had been infected by the same type of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium in recent months.
Patients fell sick in April and May. They include 20 men and 11 women.
Cases are
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Imported beef is to blame for a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 50 people, according to Danish officials.
Since March, 51 people in Denmark have been infected with the same type of Salmonella, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI).
The Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak has sickened 31 men and
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A Salmonella outbreak in Denmark has now affected 40 people with ground meat suspected as the source.
In less than a month, at least 40 people have been infected with the same type of Salmonella, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). It was previously reported that 12 people were sick
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A dozen people have fallen sick in recent weeks in a Salmonella outbreak in Denmark.
During March and April, 12 cases of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI).
People were infected with the same type of Salmonella. Patients are between 5 and 80 years old
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According to the Danish food agency, there is still uncertainty among chefs and kitchen workers about the management of norovirus.
A Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen) control and guidance campaign targeted restaurants, kitchens, and shops that supply ready-to-eat (RTE) food. Work involved 829 visits from June to November 2023.
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Danish officials are trying to find the source of a Listeria outbreak that has affected 17 people since 2019.
Two illnesses have provisionally been registered in 2024, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI).
Patients have been infected with the same type of Listeria monocytogenes since the summer of 2019.
They
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Danish officials have solved an E. coli outbreak linked to meat that sickened six people.
Since late March, half a dozen E. coli O157:H7 patients fell sick, and one developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS is a severe complication associated with E. coli infections that causes kidney failure. The first
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Half a dozen people are sick in an ongoing E. coli O157 outbreak in Denmark.
Since late March, six E. coli O157:H7 patients have been identified, and one person has developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS is a severe complication associated with E. coli infections that causes kidney failure. While
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