More than 500 people have been sickened over two years in multiple European countries as part of Salmonella outbreaks linked to sprouted alfalfa seeds.
Between January 2023 and January 2025, 509 ill people were reported in 10 countries. The most affected nation was Norway, with 257 cases, followed by Sweden
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Almost 60 cases of a serious condition that develops after an E. coli infection were reported in 2024 in Italy. One child died.
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a severe complication associated with E. coli infections that causes kidney failure and sometimes brain damage.
Italian data shows there were 57
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A suspected outbreak of food poisoning that has sickened more than 100 people and killed three is being investigated in Italy.
Four nursing and residential care facilities (RSA) in the Florence area are affected. They share the same cooking center.
From an initial analysis, 114 cases of gastroenteritis with diarrhea and vomiting
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Norway has reported its largest foodborne outbreak in almost 50 years with 230 people sick.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) said 105 people are infected with Salmonella Newport and 120 with Salmonella Typhimurium. The remaining five are infected with other types of Salmonella.
Patients became ill from mid-October
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Hands-up if you had bongkrekic acid, botulism, and supplements on your bingo card as being the things that would cause significant outbreaks in 2024. It is fair to say, I didn’t.
This year saw two major incidents in Asia involving bongkrekic acid and contaminated supplements as well
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One person has died in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak linked to salad from Italy.
A foodborne outbreak with about 200 Salmonella Umbilo cases occurred between July and September 2024 in nine European countries. Germany was the most affected with 118 infections.
Salmonella Umbilo was detected in rocket salad (also known as arugula or
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A multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe linked to tomatoes from Italy has sickened more than 250 people.
From January 2023 to November 2024, 266 confirmed cases of Salmonella Strathcona have been identified in 16 European countries and the United Kingdom.
Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the
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Researchers have detailed an outbreak that sickened dozens of people in Italy in 2022 caused by a parasite after people ate fish in a restaurant.
Opisthorchis felineus is a trematode causing a foodborne infection transmitted by eating raw or partially cooked infected freshwater fish.
An opisthorchiasis outbreak occurred in May 2022
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More than 200 children fell sick in Italy after eating school meals this past month.
A total of 224 cases of salmonellosis were reported following an outbreak in some school canteens served by Qualità&Servizi.
Farro with pomodorini (cherry) tomatoes and pesto provided on Sept. 24 was behind the Salmonella poisoning
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Several European authorities have uncovered a group involved in counterfeiting French wine in Italy.
The investigation was led by the French Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale). It involved the Italian Carabinieri Corps (NAS Carabinieri) and Swiss Federal Police (Police Federale Swiss) with support from Europol and Eurojust.
Suspected criminals faked French red
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