New Zealand recently recorded a sharp increase in Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections.
In January this year, 30 illnesses were reported compared with three in the same month of 2021.
New Zealand
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating three ongoing foodborne illness outbreaks.
The agency declared one outbreak over on March 8. That outbreak investigation, shown on the table below as
The FDA reports that a Salmonella Newport infection initially thought to be related to infant formula is not necessarily linked to the powdered products currently under recall.
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The Food and Drug Administration continues to play it close to the vest regarding questions about the Cronobacter outbreak linked to infant formula, but the agency is beginning to think
Federal officials are reporting that a deadly multi-year outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections traced to romaine lettuce is over.
As of March 8 the patient count stood at 10 with
National public health officials in Finland are monitoring the situation following local reports of Yersinia outbreaks.
Two outbreaks of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3 have been reported to the Finnish
Parents, consumer groups, and a congresswoman want to know why it took the FDA months to begin investigations into infant formula after learning of the beginning of a cronobacter outbreak
Editor’s note: U.S. Rep Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn, sent the following on letter March 3 to the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
UPDATE: After the FDA posted its update on March 2 the CDC followed with its own update on March 3. The CDC update included the same information as the FDA
The food and Drug Administration is investigating four ongoing foodborne illness outbreaks.
The table below shows information about outbreak investigations being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams. The investigations
Danish authorities have revealed three people died in an E. coli outbreak this past year. Imported spring onions were investigated as the source.
An update by the Statens Serum Institut
French authorities are looking into a death and a number of cases from a potentially fatal complication of E. coli infection.
Santé publique France and a lab associated with the
