The number of incidents involving a global food safety network increased slightly in the final quarter of 2023.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was involved in 51 alerts from October to December 2023, up from 46 in July to September, 53 in the second quarter, and 47 in
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According to webinar speakers, a global food safety network has played a vital role in sharing information about food incidents in the past two decades.
A webinar was held this week to mark the 20th anniversary of the FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN).
INFOSAN is also part of
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is to create a network to help countries with surveillance of foodborne diseases.
The first meeting of the WHO Alliance for Food Safety is scheduled in Geneva, Switzerland, in May with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Foodborne, Waterborne
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The number of incidents involving a global food safety network dropped slightly in the third quarter of 2023.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 46 alerts from July to September 2023, down from 53 in the second and 47 in the first quarters.
Of 32 biological
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The number of incidents involving a global food safety network increased slightly in the second quarter of this year.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 53 alerts from April to June 2023, up from 47 in January to March.
Of 32 biological hazard incidents, a dozen
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Salmonella continued to lead incidents involving a global food safety network, according to the latest data.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 47 alerts from January to March 2023, which is the same number as from October through December 2022.
There were 28 incidents in the
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A dozen countries, including the United States, have reported more than 250 Shigella infections in people who went to Cape Verde.
An increase in shigellosis cases, mainly caused by Shigella sonnei, among travelers returning from Cape Verde, also known as Cabo Verde, has been reported in Europe, the United Kingdom
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The number of food safety incidents involving a global network declined in the final quarter of 2022 according to a new report.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 47 alerts from October through December compared to 58 in the third quarter of 2022.
In the whole
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Countries in the Western Balkans have been told more about how to use an international food safety network.
A two-day workshop, organized by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, was held in Belgrade, Serbia in May 2022.
The main aim was to support countries in rapidly exchanging
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The number of food safety incidents involving an international network has gone up in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous three months.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 58 alerts from July through September compared to 46 in the second quarter of 2022
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