A food safety agency has revealed that it conducted more than 103,000 inspection visits in 2023 in the United Arab Emirates.
The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority
Researchers have highlighted how international coordination played a role in solving a multi-country Salmonella outbreak linked to melons from Honduras.
Scientists said information sharing and harmonized data collection helped make
The European Commission has relaxed checks on melons from Honduras but added controls for vanilla extract from the United States.
Changes were made as part of updated legislation on the
The United Kingdom was hit by two outbreaks linked to melon in 2021, according to a recently released study.
It was already known that the UK was part of a
There is still a need to improve communication and data sharing during global food safety emergencies, according to experts.
Fadi Naser Al-Natour, Jenny Bishop and Rachelle El Khoury presented at
The European Commission has tightened the rules around imports of Galia melons from Honduras because of a recent Salmonella outbreak.
Emergence of a risk to human health because of possible
A global food safety network was involved in 65 incidents from July to September, which is more than earlier this year.
It is the third successive quarter that events involving
Almost 350 confirmed and 50 more possible Salmonella infections have been recorded across Europe and in the United Kingdom linked to melons. Some patients live in the United States.
Between
The number of people sick in the United Kingdom in an outbreak linked to melons has almost doubled.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Public Health England (PHE) are investigating
Melons have been linked to a Salmonella Braenderup outbreak that has affected 200 people in more than 10 countries.
Patients have been reported in Denmark, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland,
