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COVID-19 measures accompany decline of foodborne infections

By Joe Whitworth on February 16, 2021

There has been a drastic decrease in reported diseases including foodborne infections in Germany during the Coronavirus outbreak, according to an analysis.

Robert Koch Institute (RKI) experts found the COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health…
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Germany warns of salmon linked to Listeria infections

By Joe Whitworth on January 26, 2021

A significant proportion of listeriosis cases in Germany are caused by eating smoked or cured salmon products, according to the Robert Koch-Institut (RKI).

A total of 22 cross-federal state outbreaks of listeriosis have evidence pointing…
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Germany reports 400 outbreaks in 2019

By Joe Whitworth on December 17, 2020

Germany recorded more than 400 foodborne outbreaks in 2019 with almost 2,000 illnesses and five deaths, according to recently released statistics.

In 2019, there were 402 foodborne disease outbreaks  reported to the Robert Koch-Institut (RKI)…
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Germany hit hardest by current Listeria outbreak across Europe

By Joe Whitworth on December 8, 2020

Three European countries have recorded Listeria infections with fish being investigated as the source.

Germany has reported 30 infections and, since November, two people in Austria and one person in Denmark has contracted the same…
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PHE axed with England to get new health agency

By Joe Whitworth on August 19, 2020

Public Health England has been scrapped with England to get a new public health authority.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced a new agency called the National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP) that is focused…
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Brucella rise in Germany involves raw milk and foreign travel

By News Desk on February 26, 2020

Brucellosis has markedly increased in recent years in Germany, according to a study.

Experts from the Robert Koch Institute found unpasteurized milk products were the top identified source of infection and most cases involved foreign…
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German officials admit mistakes in Listeria outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on November 20, 2019

Authorities in Germany have admitted mistakes were made as part of investigations into a Listeria outbreak that affected 37 people beginning in 2014.

One infection was recorded in 2014, three in 2016 and four in…
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U.S. sent meat from German firm linked to Listeria outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on October 12, 2019

The United States is one of more than 20 countries that may have received meat from a German company linked to a Listeria outbreak.

Potentially contaminated products from Wilke Waldecker Fleisch- und Wurstwaren were distributed…
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German meat plant linked to Listeria outbreak stops production

By Joe Whitworth on October 4, 2019

Production at a German meat company linked to a Listeria outbreak has temporarily been shut down by authorities.

Officials in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district of Germany closed the production facility of Wilke Waldecker Fleisch-und Wurstwaren in…
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Germany had almost 900 foodborne outbreaks last year

By Joe Whitworth on August 14, 2019

Almost 900 suspected foodborne outbreaks were reported in Germany last year including one due to Salmonella with almost 200 ill and another from Listeria that continued into this year with 100 infections.

Molecular surveillance plays…
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Germany reveals foodborne disease picture for 2018

By News Desk on August 11, 2019

Norovirus and Campylobacter were among the most commonly reported notifiable diseases in Germany this past year, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

In 2018, a total of 67,872 Campylobacter infections were recorded, which was…
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