A global food safety network has been involved in almost double the number of incidents in the past few years.
INFOSAN was active during 162 food safety events across all regions in 2018 and 2019
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France has become the fifth country to report Listeria in enoki mushrooms from South Korea.
It was already known that 36 people fell sick and four died in the United States from November 2016 to
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Members of an international food safety network have heard that in the increasingly globalized world, a local outbreak of foodborne illness can rapidly evolve into a global crisis.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN)
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The number of food safety incidents that involved an international network more than doubled in January to March this year compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
During the first quarter of 2020, the International
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Chicken meat from Brazil is being investigated as the source of Salmonella illnesses in the Netherlands.
Between the end of 2019 and mid-February 2020, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) identified
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Salmonella has been knocked off the top spot by Listeria monocytogenes as the main hazard dealt with by an international food safety network.
During the fourth quarter of 2019, the International Food Safety Authorities Network
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A record-high level of food incidents and recalls have been recorded in Australia, according to the annual report of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
The food safety team at Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
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The number of food safety incidents involving an international network declined based on figures from the most recent quarter.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 18 food safety events covering 50
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Spain’s largest ever Listeria outbreak is over according to authorities with no new infections reported in the last 20 days.
La Consejería de Salud y Familias ended the listeriosis alert, which was started in mid-August,
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More than 220 people are sick and three have died as part of a listeriosis outbreak in Spain, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
From July 7 to September 13, 222 confirmed cases have
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