A rise in Salmonella infections in Sweden has been linked to the consumption of alfalfa sprouts.
Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public Health Agency of Sweden) said 92 people from 18 regions have been infected with one of 12 genetically closely related Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type (ST) 36 variants.
Patients fell sick beginning in August.
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An investigation into a Salmonella outbreak in Sweden has been restarted after more people fell sick.
From August to October, 81 people from 18 regions contracted Salmonella Typhimurium with sequence type (ST) 36. Where information about the country of infection is available, all cases were infected in Sweden.
Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public
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More details have emerged about national operations concentrating on rice and blueberries as part of Operation Opson.
Operation Opson XIII, led by Europol, seized around 22,000 tons of food and 850,000 liters of beverages. In total, goods valued at more than €91 million ($98.3 million) were removed from the market.
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An outbreak of Salmonella with a probable connection to imported eggs is being investigated in Sweden.
Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public Health Agency of Sweden) said several different outbreak strains appear to be involved, and epidemiological evidence for eggs being the cause differs for each suspected strain.
Since the beginning of the
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Swedish health officials are searching for the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has affected almost 30 people.
Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public Health Agency of Sweden) reported that the number of reported cases of Salmonella has increased significantly since August.
Whole genome sequencing has shown that 27 people have the same
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Swedish health officials issued a warning after an increase in the number of people infected by Campylobacter in July.
Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public Health Agency of Sweden) reported in the first two weeks of July, the number of reported cases of Campylobacter in people infected in Sweden increased to nearly 100 per
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Sweden has revealed human infection data for 2023, including a large Salmonella outbreak that had major economic consequences and caused a shortage of eggs.
The data comes from a report published by the State Veterinary Institute (SVA) with help from the Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) and the Swedish
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Advice around Listeria in sliced fermented sausages and vegetarian sandwich toppings for vulnerable people in Sweden has been changed.
The Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) has updated advice for individuals belonging to one of the risk groups for listeriosis. This includes pregnant women, elderly people, and those with weakened immune systems.
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Public health officials in Sweden are investigating an outbreak of Cryptosporidium infections.
The Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) said it was trying to find the source of the outbreak caused by the parasite Cryptosporidium, which causes cryptosporidiosis.
Since mid-December 2023, 68 people from 14 regions have been infected. The
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Beef and lamb on sale in Sweden are a common source of human exposure to potentially pathogenic Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), based on findings from a study.
The work summarized the results of four surveys from different periods, which looked at the occurrence and characteristics of STEC in beef
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