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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A look back on Europe’s 2019 food safety record
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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.
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Multiple meat items Listeria positive from 2017 in 2 country outbreak
An assessment by two European agencies has confirmed a Listeria outbreak from cold meat in the Netherlands and Belgium.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) found
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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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