The number of patients hospitalized with Listeria monocytogenes in Spain has increased significantly since 2000.
Researchers said the findings should raise concerns about the health burden of listeriosis, especially in older people and the immunocompromised.
Data on Listeria monocytogenes hospitalizations from 2000 to 2021 came from the Spanish National Hospital
Continue Reading Study shows Listeria is on the rise in Spain
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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 period for the food sector.
This year marks a decade since the horse meat scandal
Continue Reading 2023: Court cases, rule changes and Codex celebrations
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 and one of the biggest in Europe. Based on hospitalization records, Spain has seen a
Continue Reading Large Spanish Listeria outbreak caused by stuffed pork
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 for offences including alleged crimes against public health and injury to a fetus resulting in
Continue Reading Seven face charges in deadly Listeria outbreak in Spain
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 funding a project and organizing an event, to prevent another outbreak.
Phases 1 and 2
Continue Reading Listeria strategy progresses after large outbreak
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 €2,000 ($2,330) was revealed by the Diario de Sevilla newspaper. It could have set a
Continue Reading Consumer group calls Magrudis fine an ‘insult’ to outbreak victims
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 the Ministry of Health and Families in Andalusia.
The outbreak from “La Mecha” brand chilled
Continue Reading Project to look at 2019 Spanish Listeria outbreak
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 release without bail of the pair that have been held since late September 2019. Both
Continue Reading Magrudis owner and son provisionally released in Spain
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 Andalusian Listeriosis outbreak that sickened more than 200 people.
The listeriosis alert was started in
Continue Reading Experts reflect on Spain’s Listeria outbreak
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.
South Africa Listeria outbreak
I want to start with this. Yes, I know it happened
Continue Reading A look back on Europe’s 2019 food safety record
