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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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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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 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 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 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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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
Continue Reading Finland records fewer outbreaks and people sick in 2019
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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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
Continue Reading Three histamine outbreaks in three months for Sweden
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.
Continue Reading Monitoring finds seafood imported into Norway largely safe
