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New Zealand feels COVID-19 impact on foodborne infections

By Joe Whitworth on January 7, 2022

Most food related infections declined but a few stayed the same or went up, according to the recently released annual report on foodborne diseases in New Zealand covering 2020.

New Zealand Food Safety, part of…
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Almost 80 tons of tuna seized in Belgian fraud operation

By News Desk on June 4, 2021

Food safety officials in Belgium seized almost 80 tons of tuna in the course of a few months in 2020.

More than 90 percent of non-compliant products were imported from Asia.

Between September and December…
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Sweden reports histamine outbreak from imported fish

By News Desk on April 15, 2021

Almost 20 people have fallen ill in Sweden this month from histamine poisoning in fish from Vietnam.

The foodborne outbreak at the beginning of April affected 19 people in Stockholm.

Guests eating tuna at three…
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Campylobacter lowest for decades but E. coli at new high in New Zealand

By Joe Whitworth on February 3, 2021

Campylobacter is continuing to decline but E. coli is still going up, based on figures from the 2019 report on foodborne disease in New Zealand.

New Zealand Food Safety is part of the Ministry for…
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HelloFresh recalls fish because of link to illnesses

By Joe Whitworth on November 11, 2020

HelloFresh is recalling certain batches of fish in New Zealand linked to at least three cases of histamine poisoning.

The ready meal delivery service recalled HelloFresh brand trevally filets because of elevated levels of histamine.
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Salmonella dominates events involving INFOSAN

By Joe Whitworth on October 24, 2020

Salmonella dominated hazards dealt with by a global food safety network in the third quarter of 2020.

The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was involved in 37 events from July to September compared to…
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Finland records fewer outbreaks and people sick in 2019

By Joe Whitworth on October 6, 2020

The number of people sick in foodborne outbreaks declined in 2019 compared to the year before, according to the Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto).

A report on food safety in Finland has the results of regulatory…
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Company fined after five suffer food poisoning from fish

By News Desk on October 2, 2020

A catering company in Wales has been fined in relation to five people who became ill from eating mackerel in July 2019.

DM Catering (Pembs) Ltd. was fined £2,550 ($3,300) by Haverfordwest magistrates in late…
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Three histamine outbreaks in three months for Sweden

By Joe Whitworth on July 31, 2020

Sweden has reported three outbreaks of histamine poisoning in tuna from Vietnam in the past three months.

The outbreaks, which have affected about 60 people, do not appear to be directly related as the tuna…
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Monitoring finds seafood imported into Norway largely safe

By News Desk on June 28, 2020

Results of a monitoring program have shown seafood imported into Norway in 2019 was generally safe.

A total of 129 samples were examined by different analytical methods and assays for microorganisms and undesirable chemical substances.
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