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Studies highlight outbreaks in India and Philippines

By News Desk on February 25, 2021

Three studies have been published describing water and foodborne outbreaks in India and the Philippines.

The articles, in a supplement of the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, involve Salmonella, Hepatitis A and suspected anthrax. They…
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German authorities investigate E. coli infections involving daycare centers

By News Desk on December 1, 2020

More than 20 E. coli infections are being investigated in a German municipality.

Four day care centers in the Lützow-Lübstorf district are affected by the outbreak of E. coli O26. Lützow-Lübstorf is in Nordwestmecklenburg, in…
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Bakery link investigated in hepatitis A outbreak in Germany

By News Desk on November 18, 2020

More than 20 people have been infected with hepatitis A in an outbreak in a German municipality.

There have been 23 infections in the community of Dummerstorf in the Rostock district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Three more…
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Sweden hit again by increase in Campylobacter

By Joe Whitworth on November 12, 2020

Sweden is once again battling a rise in the number of Campylobacter infections after a temporary decline. A common source related to chicken has been identified.

Since August, the number of people who have contracted…
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Imported frozen berries suspected in hepatitis A outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on October 8, 2020

Officials in Sweden and Denmark are investigating a hepatitis A outbreak with frozen imported berries suspected to be the source of infection.

Since mid-July, nine patients with the same type of hepatitis A virus have…
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Denmark investigates Shigella outbreak with 40 sick

By Joe Whitworth on September 30, 2020

More than 40 people are sick and almost a third have needed hospital treatment as part of a foodborne Shigella outbreak in Denmark.

From the end of August, 42 people have been registered with shigellosis…
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Germany part of resurgent hepatitis A outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on September 23, 2020

The resurgence of a hepatitis A outbreak linked to strawberries underlines the importance of complete traceback of implicated products during outbreaks, according to researchers.

Following outbreaks linked to frozen strawberries in Sweden and Austria in…
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Danish officials trying to find sources of three outbreaks

By Joe Whitworth on August 26, 2020

Public health officials in Denmark are looking into three outbreaks that have sickened almost 50 people with one caused by Hepatitis A and two due to rare strains of Salmonella.

Since June, the Statens Serum…
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Norway notes Campylobacter, E. coli and Salmonella rise

By News Desk on August 4, 2020

The number of Campylobacter, E. coli, and Salmonella infections all increased in Norway this past year.

Overall, there were more food and waterborne infections in 2019 compared to 2018, according to the Norwegian Institute of…
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Hepatitis A increase in Chinese province linked to seafood

By Joe Whitworth on July 28, 2020

An increase in hepatitis A infections in a Chinese province earlier this year has been attributed to eating raw or undercooked seafood.

In February 2020, there was a 138 percent increase in hepatitis A infections…
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EU calls for action on alleged illegal trade of bivalve mollusks

By Joe Whitworth on July 14, 2020

The European Commission has asked member states to look into the suspected illegal trade of bivalve mollusks that has caused foodborne outbreaks.

At a Food Fraud Network meeting in May, the Commission said it was…
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