Most soft fruits exported from Serbia to Europe are not subject to official controls at primary production levels, according to a recently released audit report.
DG Sante, the European Commission’s unit for policy on food
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Decline in food safety incidents monitored by INFOSAN
The number of food safety incidents involving an international network declined based on figures from the most recent quarter.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 18 food safety events covering 50
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Norovirus top cause of outbreaks in Denmark
More than 60 foodborne outbreaks with 1,600 patients were reported in Denmark this past year, according to recently released data.
Three large incidents caused one quarter of the outbreak illnesses. In 2017, 63 outbreaks were
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Irish norovirus outbreak traced to leisure center
An outbreak of norovirus in Ireland last month has been linked to eating food at a leisure facility.
The source of some infections were foodborne while others were due to person to person transmission.
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Nearly 40 sick in norovirus outbreak in Ireland
Almost 40 people fell ill with norovirus in August in a region of Ireland. Authorities say some were sickened by contaminated food.
Data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre’s (HPSC) weekly outbreak report shows 36
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Researchers develop method to detect low levels of norovirus
University of Arizona researchers have created a portable method for detecting low levels of norovirus.
The analysis is done automatically by a smartphone app when a sample of water is loaded onto the chip.
Detecting
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Gastro outbreak investigations in Singapore and Australia
Authorities in Singapore are investigating two outbreaks that have sickened almost 40 people.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Singapore Food Agency (SFA) are looking into the two incidents of gastroenteritis on Aug. 31 and
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Researcher presents method to detect norovirus in food
A rapid method to detect human noroviruses in food has been proposed in Finland.
The findings were part of a doctoral dissertation comparing four published extraction methods for detection of norovirus in lettuce, ham, and
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Norway norovirus outbreaks linked to seaweed salad from China
More than 100 people have fallen ill in Norway from norovirus likely in a frozen seaweed salad from China.
The first outbreak of norovirus suspected to be linked to the seaweed salad occurred in mid-June
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Norway finds most imported seafood to be compliant
Microorganisms and parasites were only rarely detected in seafood products imported to Norway from third countries in 2018, according to a new report.
The document summarizes an ongoing monitoring program for veterinary border control on
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