An outbreak of norovirus in Ireland last month has been linked to eating food at a leisure facility.
The source of some infections were foodborne while others were due to person to person transmission.
Data
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Nearly 40 sick in norovirus outbreak in Ireland
Almost 40 people fell ill with norovirus in August in a region of Ireland. Authorities say some were sickened by contaminated food.
Data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre’s (HPSC) weekly outbreak report shows 36
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Hard boiled egg, seafood processors warned by FDA
The Food and Drug Administration recently sent warning letters to a hard boiled egg processor in Gainesville, GA, and a seafood processor in Clare, Ireland, because inspectors found significant violations of U.S. food safety laws
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People ill in UK from rare Salmonella strain in pork from Romania
A Salmonella outbreak in the United Kingdom linked to pork from Romania has sickened 24 people, bringing the total impacted to 32.
Eight people from Ireland are also part of the outbreak and five of
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Ireland sees rise in Campylobacter and Listeria
Listeria and Campylobacter both increased this past year in Ireland, according to figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
The number of listeriosis patients was the highest since the disease became notifiable in 2004. More
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Horse meat investigation in Ireland; meat fraud in France
Irish police searched seven sites this past week as part of an investigation into horse meat fraud.
The Gardai (Irish police), officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and the Food
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Irish survey finds ‘risky’ food safety behavior among most consumers
Nearly half of the Irish population does not pay full attention to use-by dates, according to a Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) survey. And, more than six in 10 people in Ireland leave leftovers
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Health agency reports Salmonella at highest level since 2008 in Ireland
Ireland has reported the highest number of salmonellosis cases since 2008, according to the country’s annual epidemiological report.
There were 414 cases notified in 2017 – 378 confirmed and 36 probable infections. It represents a
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FSAI audit finds problems with retailers’ recall procedures
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has found some stores in the country had “deficiencies” in procedures to withdraw or recall food.
An audit showed four stores had no processes in place to effectively deal
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Expert calls for ‘One Health’ approach as E.coli cases in Ireland continue to rise
Ireland is in the midst of one of its largest E. coli O157 outbreaks ever, with hundreds having been infected, according to a food safety expert.
Alan Reilly, former chief executive of the Food Safety
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Irish food safety officials unveil strategy to better protect public
Ireland has launched a food safety and authenticity strategy to proactively identify and mitigate risk in the supply chain.
Implementation will focus on seven areas: communications; training; risk assessment; contingency planning; data capture, analysis and
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