Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Norway links fish producer to another Listeria outbreak

Four people have been infected with Listeria in Norway after eating smoked fish from one producer. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) reported that three women and one man

By News Desk

/ 21 Jul 2023

Norway links fish producer to another Listeria outbreak

Patient counts increase as FDA investigates E. coli, Cyclospora outbreaks

Federal public health officials continue to identify more patients in four ongoing outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. In an outbreak of E. Coli infections from an unknown source, the patient count

By News Desk

/ 21 Jul 2023

Patient counts increase as FDA investigates E. coli, Cyclospora outbreaks

Seven botulism cases linked to Spanish dish

Spanish health officials are investigating four confirmed and three probable foodborne botulism cases. The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) said cases have occurred in several different regions.

By News Desk

/ 20 Jul 2023

Seven botulism cases linked to Spanish dish

Raw morel mushrooms found to be most likely cause behind deadly outbreak

Public health officials have signed off on an outbreak investigation in Montana saying that morel mushrooms were most likely what made dozens of people sick and killed two. In addition

By Coral Beach

/ 19 Jul 2023

Raw morel mushrooms found to be most likely cause behind deadly outbreak

CDC researcher discusses multistate salmonella outbreaks linked to Indiana-grown melons

TORONTO — Laura Gieraltowski, lead of the Foodborne Outbreak Response Team at the CDC’s Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, presented a review of

By Jonan Pilet

/ 19 Jul 2023

CDC researcher discusses multistate salmonella outbreaks linked to Indiana-grown melons

Researchers describe first Canadian kimchi E. coli outbreak

Researchers in Canada have detailed the first known outbreak of E. coli O157 associated with kimchi outside of East Asia. Fourteen Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157 cases were identified in

By Joe Whitworth

/ 19 Jul 2023

Researchers describe first Canadian kimchi E. coli outbreak

Pennsylvania officials warn public about raw goat milk linked to Campylobacter outbreak

State officials in Pennsylvania are warning the public to discard raw goat milk from Dove Song Dairy because it has been implicated in an outbreak of Campylobacter infections. The dairy

By Coral Beach

/ 18 Jul 2023

Pennsylvania officials warn public about raw goat milk linked to Campylobacter outbreak

Outbreak with one the highest mortality rates in history subject of IAFP panel of experts

TORONTO — Fifteen years ago, a Canadian listeriosis outbreak struck one of the country’s top brands, killing as many as 23 infected for an astounding mortality rate of nearly 40

By Dan Flynn

/ 18 Jul 2023

Outbreak with one the highest mortality rates in history subject of IAFP panel of experts

Germany sounds E. coli and HUS alert after travel to Egypt

German public health officials have warned of a spike in cases of E. coli among travelers to Egypt. Experts from the Robert Koch Institut (RKI) said they had also seen

By Joe Whitworth

/ 17 Jul 2023

Germany sounds E. coli and HUS alert after travel to Egypt

Patient count in Cyclospora parasite outbreak jumps by more than 200

The number of patients in a large outbreak of infections from the cyclospora parasite has increased significantly, with the count approaching 600. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has

By Coral Beach

/ 15 Jul 2023

Patient count in Cyclospora parasite outbreak jumps by more than 200

Norovirus outbreak linked to oysters from Canada

Federal and state officials are tracking an outbreak of norovirus from raw oysters. The oysters were distributed to 17 states, Washington D.C., and Canada. The Food and Drug Administration

By Coral Beach

/ 14 Jul 2023

CDC says cookie dough outbreak is over

A six-state outbreak of Salmonella linked to raw cookie dough from Papa Murphy’s restaurants has been declared over by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC reports

By Coral Beach

/ 14 Jul 2023

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Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Norway links fish producer to another Listeria outbreak

Patient counts increase as FDA investigates E. coli, Cyclospora outbreaks

Seven botulism cases linked to Spanish dish

Raw morel mushrooms found to be most likely cause behind deadly outbreak

CDC researcher discusses multistate salmonella outbreaks linked to Indiana-grown melons

Researchers describe first Canadian kimchi E. coli outbreak

Pennsylvania officials warn public about raw goat milk linked to Campylobacter outbreak

Outbreak with one the highest mortality rates in history subject of IAFP panel of experts

Germany sounds E. coli and HUS alert after travel to Egypt

Patient count in Cyclospora parasite outbreak jumps by more than 200

Norovirus outbreak linked to oysters from Canada

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