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Experts examine reasons for different Salmonella results

By Joe Whitworth on February 17, 2021

Wageningen University scientists have looked at why there are discrepancies in Salmonella results between poultry farmers’ and authorities’ tests.

Experts analyzed factors associated with the difference between positive tests from routine initial Salmonella monitoring by…
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Dutch firm avoids closure but concerns raised

By Joe Whitworth on January 28, 2021

A regional court in the Netherlands has found there are issues at a food company but they are not serious enough for it to be shut down. Implicated chia seed was sent to the United…
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Dutch study shows impact of foodborne disease

By Joe Whitworth on January 4, 2021

Researchers have estimated the burden of disease from certain foodborne pathogens in the Netherlands in 2019.

About 41 percent of the foodborne burden was associated with meat such as poultry, pork, beef and lamb. These…
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Deaths linked to Dutch Listeria outbreak double

By Joe Whitworth on June 23, 2020

The number of deaths linked to a Listeria outbreak from meat products in 2019 has doubled.

It had been thought 21 people were infected with Listeria monocytogenes in the Netherlands and Belgium. One person fell…
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Ciguatera poisoning from imported fish suspected in the Netherlands

By Joe Whitworth on June 14, 2020

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…
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Dutch firms found liable in fipronil scandal

By Joe Whitworth on May 24, 2020

A Dutch court has found two companies liable in a 2017 fipronil egg scandal.

Chickfriend and Chickclean failed to fulfill agreements with poultry farmers in 2016 and 2017 for red mite control in chickens. In…
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Dutch data shows no pathogen notified in most outbreaks

By Joe Whitworth on March 28, 2020

More than 4,000 foodborne outbreaks causing almost 22,000 illnesses and 13 deaths were recorded in the Netherlands during a 12-year period.

A total of 4,155 outbreaks, with 21,802 ill people, were registered from 2006 to…
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Offerman Listeria recall cost Ter Beke almost $9 million

By News Desk on March 4, 2020

Recall costs recorded by Ter Beke relating to a subsidiary in the Netherlands involved in a Listeria outbreak were almost €8 million ($8.9 million), according to the firm’s annual report.

In the second half of…
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Dutch meat firm fined for lack of cooperation in pork recall

By Joe Whitworth on January 25, 2020

A meat processing company in the Netherlands has been fined for not fully cooperating during a recall of pork possibly contaminated with Salmonella in 2018.

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) imposed…
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Company closes part of plant linked to deadly Listeria outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on January 23, 2020

The owners of a factory in the Netherlands linked to a Listeria outbreak have decided not to reopen part of it.

The Offerman plant in Aalsmeer was shut in October this past year while Dutch…
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Letter From The Editor: On assignment for the Dutch veal tour

By Dan Flynn on November 20, 2019
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In the world of elite meat, Dutch veal is a delicacy with its niche on the more expensive side of the scale. Yet it has a powerful footing in Europe, especially in France and …
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