The Alabama Department of Public Health is investigating four cases of E. coli O157:H7 and two cases of Rotavirus in younger children in Northeastern Alabama.
As of today the department had not reported what the possible sources of the pathogens might be. It is unknown if the sources involve foods
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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 were closed between Dec. 21, 2019, and Jan. 10, 2020, affecting more than 400 companies.
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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 Sept. 2, 2019, affecting 39 people who ate food prepared at Mum’s Kitchen Catering Pte
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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 total number of patients from 14 food-related pathogens went from 1.49 million in 2017 to
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Update: The government of the Solomon Island provided Food Safety News with more information on the health emergency they are facing. Here is that statement: “The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) would like to clarify that while six deaths have been reported during the diarrhea outbreak, the cause
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Until recently, rotavirus was the leading cause of gastrointestinal illness in young children in the United States. Before a vaccine was developed for the virus in 2006, “almost all children in the United States were infected with rotavirus before their 5th birthday,” according to the Centers for Disease Control
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PROVIDENCE–It’s highly unlikely, but if high in an African mango tree a bat dropped its guano on fruit and it was harvested and went unwashed on a 747 to America, you could end up with a deadly tropical foodborne illness characterized by bleeding through the eye socket. These are the
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