Health Protection Scotland has published annual surveillance reports for Listeria, hepatitis A and E, norovirus, Shigella and Yersinia.
Data shows a decline in Listeria, Shigella, Yersinia and norovirus cases while hepatitis A and E infections
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One in six Taiwanese people suffered from foodborne illness annually during a four year period studied by researchers.
From 2012 to 2015, almost 3.9 million foodborne illnesses and 50 deaths occurred annually in the country.
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The number of food safety incidents that involved an international network more than doubled in January to March this year compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
During the first quarter of 2020, the International
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In what federal prosecutors say is the largest ever fine of its kind, operators of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. have agreed to pay $25 million to resolve criminal charges related to foodborne illness outbreaks from
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More than 1,600 foodborne outbreaks were declared in France in 2018 affecting 14,700 people with two deaths, according to statistics published by the national public health agency.
A total of 1,630 illness outbreaks were reported
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Norovirus was behind a foodborne outbreak in 2018 caused by eating take-out food in China, according to a study.
The outbreak involved 157 probable cases and 20 people had laboratory-confirmed norovirus infections in two weeks
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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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Almost 200 foodborne outbreaks affecting 800 people were reported in Hong Kong in 2019, according to a new report.
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and Department of
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The total burden from foodborne illness was about £9 billion ($11.2 billion) in 2018 in the United Kingdom, according to a new report.
Based on 2018 figures of 2.4 million foodborne cases per year, the
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Boise’s WinCo Foods, LLC Friday recalled frozen Blackberries in 16 oz. bags and frozen Berry Medley in both 16 and 32 oz. bags because both products might be contaminated with Norovirus. The recalled berry products
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More than 30 harvest sites were closed over a two month period in France as part of outbreaks linked to eating oysters, according to recently released data.
Because of confirmed norovirus contamination, 31 harvest sites
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