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
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
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
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
Opinion
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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Belgian Listeria infections linked to Dutch outbreak
Two people in Belgium have been infected with the same type of Listeria behind an outbreak in the Netherlands with European agencies investigating illnesses in other countries.
Belgian media cited a report from Sciensano, the
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Dutch airline may have served Listeria contaminated meat
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
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Three dead in Dutch Listeria outbreak
Dutch authorities have linked three deaths because of Listeria to meat products from one company.
Of 20 patients with listeriosis, officials reported it was almost certain that they had been infected via meat products from
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Netherlands links Salmonella outbreak to eggs from Spain
About 30 people are part of a Salmonella outbreak in the Netherlands linked to eggs from Spain.
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) last month advised people not to eat eggs stamped
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Research shows Campylobacter, E. coli found at many Dutch cattle farms
Campylobacter was found at most beef cattle farms and a quarter of them had Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, according to a Dutch study.
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and Netherlands
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Foodborne infection increases in the Netherlands
Foodborne infections in the Netherlands increased from 2017 to 2018, according to a recent report.
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) found a rise in norovirus, Cryptosporidium spp. and rotavirus. The
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