A long-awaited report into one of the largest E. coli O157 outbreaks in the United Kingdom has finally been published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

In the 2022 outbreak, there were 259 confirmed Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157 cases, including seven secondary infections. Another 25 confirmed patients

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Researchers have reported the food attributable portions of disease for four important pathogens in the United Kingdom.

Findings will be used to support future Food Standards Agency (FSA) studies estimating the burden of foodborne disease.

A literature review was conducted to provide source attribution estimates for enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), sapovirus

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More than 50 people fell ill across the United Kingdom as part of a Salmonella outbreak in 2024.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) investigated a cluster of Salmonella Blockley infections identified through the analysis of whole genome sequencing (WGS) data.

An Incident Management Team including Public Health Scotland, Public

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Health officials in the United Kingdom are investigating a fatal Listeria outbreak linked to desserts supplied to the National Health Service.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and Food Standards Agency (FSA) are investigating five cases of Listeria monocytogenes. Patients were identified from May to December 2024 with two in

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