The FDA has released its report on the 2023 actions of its Core Outbreak Response and Evaluation network. The network’s mission is to find, stop and aid in the
Belgian officials have urged people to pay attention to food safety following an increase in the number of outbreaks.
In 2024, 777 foodborne outbreaks were reported. This is more than
More than 100 students fell sick in a Salmonella outbreak at a school in China in 2024 with an inspection uncovering multiple issues in the canteen, according to a recent
Five people were hospitalized as part of a Salmonella outbreak linked to a Middle Eastern restaurant in Clairemont, San Diego County health officials have reported.
Officials are investigating the outbreak
The latest foodborne illness figures and examples of outbreaks have been shared in South Africa.
The GERMS-SA 2023 annual review was compiled by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)
The FDA and USDA have launched a joint investigation into a new outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections. The source of the pathogen has not yet been found.
For the agencies
More than 60 people fell sick in a food handler-related norovirus outbreak in Australia.
The outbreak affected six events where attendees consumed food provided by a single catering business in
Almost 100 people fell sick in a Clostridium perfringens outbreak in China in 2024.
In May 2024, an elderly care center in Beijing reported dozens of acute diarrhea cases. The
A school meal program has been paused in Peru after it was blamed for children getting sick in several regions of the country.
Almost 100 children fell ill in Piura
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
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating two new Salmonella outbreaks of unknown origin.
Both of the outbreaks are from Salmonella Enteritidis. One has sickened 50 people while 22 patients
A study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology has identified Bacillus velezensis, a bacterial agent commonly used in agriculture, as the cause of a foodborne outbreak because of rope spoilage
