Luxembourg has published data on the number of people sickened by foodborne pathogens in 2023.
The epidemiological report analyzes the data collected by the infectious disease surveillance system for 2023.
Health officials said there was a notable increase in cases of salmonellosis associated with travel to Turkey. As travel frequency
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Audits in Luxembourg and Hungary have found positives in the system for meat controls but also areas that need addressing in both countries.
The DG Sante audit in Luxembourg in May 2023 assessed the official controls related to slaughter hygiene and meat inspection requirements. The visit found official controls are
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Luxembourg is to get a single agency in charge of official controls in the food chain.
Legislators in the country voted this past week to create the Luxembourg Veterinary and Food Administration (ALVA).
The new authority will bring together all official controls relating to the food supply chain under the
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Many people in Ireland do not know how to make a complaint to authorities about unfit food or poor hygiene practices, according to a survey.
Research commissioned by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) found almost two-thirds of adults are unsure about what to do in such a situation.
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Food safety officials in Luxembourg have issued a warning after a company in the United States contacted residents about dietary supplements.
The Food Safety Unit of the National Health Directorate said it has learned of an incident in which an unnamed business based in the United States approached people in
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Five people in the Netherlands have been affected by ciguatera poisoning likely caused by frozen red snapper steaks from India.
Those sick had a meal together in mid-May and developed symptoms including gastroenteritis and neurological complaints within three hours. None of them needed hospital treatment.
Tjitte Mastenbroek, a press officer
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More than 650 people have fallen ill in France this past month after eating contaminated raw shellfish.
Since the start of December 2019, Santé publique France has received 123 reports of collective food poisoning suspected to be linked to consumption of raw shellfish, mainly oysters.
The majority, 87 of the
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Dutch airline KLM has issued a warning after it came out that meat products contaminated with Listeria may have been served on some of its flights.
The RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) and NVWA (Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority) are investigating a Listeria outbreak
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Detection of a Salmonella outbreak was helped by the fact that it was a novel serotype, according to researchers.
The salmonellosis outbreak had 47 confirmed cases in five European countries between March 2016 and April 2017. Seven additional infections were recorded between May and September 2017. An investigation suggested cross-contamination
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Two people in France are seriously ill with listeriosis after eating contaminated cheese, according to the public health agency.
A spokeswoman for Santé publique France told Food Safety News that both cases of listeriosis occurred in early March and two women were seriously ill.
“Investigations into two cases of listeriosis
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