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Authorities crack down on fish fraud that caused illnesses

By News Desk on July 12, 2023

Italian authorities are investigating a case of fish fraud that led to several people suffering from histamine poisoning.

Carabinieri NAS Bari was part of a team that carried out court orders involving 18 people earlier…

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DG Sante assesses fish controls in three countries

By Joe Whitworth on April 1, 2023

The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published findings from audits looking at checks on fishery products in Australia, Morocco, and Finland.

A desk assessment of Australian controls to verify exports of fish products…

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Sweden provides detail on outbreaks in 2021

By Joe Whitworth on November 26, 2022

Sweden has noted an increase in foodborne outbreaks and illnesses in 2021 but levels were still below pre-COVID-19 pandemic figures.

The number of outbreaks reported to the Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) in 2020 and 2021…

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EU sets the limit for additives in tuna to combat fraud

By Joe Whitworth on October 21, 2022

The European Commission has put maximum levels on three additives in tuna to tackle food fraud. The excessive levels can expose consumers to the risk of histamine, also known as scombroid, poisoning, said the Commission.…

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Good results in fish monitoring but audit shows gaps in controls

By Joe Whitworth on September 13, 2022

Monitoring of farmed fish in Norway has revealed low levels of pharmaceuticals and environmental toxins and an audit has found the control system for fish could be improved.

Fish tested for illegal compounds were collected…

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Pasta meal behind 80 illnesses in Sweden

By News Desk on September 1, 2022

Around 80 people got food poisoning from a pasta meal at a soccer tournament this past month in Sweden.

An investigation into the incident in Gammelstad on Aug. 5 revealed people fell ill after eating…

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Mushrooms linked to Staph poisoning in Spain

By News Desk on August 28, 2022

A couple of people are sick in Spain after eating a particular brand of mushrooms.

Two cases of Staphylococcal food poisoning have been reported linked to mushrooms in olive oil in glass jars from the…

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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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