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Welcome to 2023! The calendars have been changed, the holiday season is coming to a close and it is time to refocus ahead of what is sure to be another news worthy
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Large Spanish Listeria outbreak caused by stuffed pork
A Listeria outbreak in Spain that sickened more than 200 people in 2019 and killed three was caused by stuffed pork, according to a recently published study.
It was the largest listeriosis outbreak in Spain
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Seven face charges in deadly Listeria outbreak in Spain
Seven people are set to stand trial as part of Spain’s largest ever Listeria outbreak, which occurred in 2019.
A judge in a court in Seville this week decided to continue proceedings against seven defendants
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Listeria strategy progresses after large outbreak
Officials in a region of Spain have provided an update on a Listeria control strategy following a large outbreak in 2019.
The three-year strategy is part of a series of steps taken by authorities, including
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Consumer group calls Magrudis fine an ‘insult’ to outbreak victims
A consumer rights group has called a fine imposed on the company behind a Listeria outbreak in Spain in 2019 an “insult” to those who died.
The sanction proposed by Seville Council on Magrudis of
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Project to look at 2019 Spanish Listeria outbreak
Andalusian authorities have allocated €100,000 (U.S. $113,000) for research to learn from the region’s Listeria outbreak in 2019. The project will focus on the epidemiological, microbiological and clinical analysis of the listeriosis outbreak, according to
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Magrudis owner and son provisionally released in Spain
The owner of a Spanish company linked to a large Listeria outbreak this past summer and his son have been provisionally released from custody.
The judge of a court in Seville agreed to the conditional
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Experts reflect on Spain’s Listeria outbreak
Nearly 700 professionals met in Seville this past week to talk about Spain’s largest ever Listeria outbreak, which occurred in 2019.
The Minister of Health and Families, Jesús Aguirre, opened the International Symposium on the
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A look back on Europe’s 2019 food safety record
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This year saw the first World Food Safety Day, a large Listeria outbreak in Spain, and another infant formula Salmonella outbreak.
Below is a selection of some international food safety stories covered in 2019.
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Spanish authorities find Magrudis knew of Listeria in products from late 2018
A number of people have been arrested on allegations they knew that meat, which caused a large Listeria outbreak in Spain, was contaminated.
Individuals were aware since December 2018 that some of the food products
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