Giving high-risk food to vulnerable people in medical settings should be avoided, according to a review of healthcare-associated foodborne outbreaks that included the United States.
Researchers said diets should be nutritious and tasty without using
Continue Reading Avoid serving high-risk food to vulnerable people, advises review
A second inquiry into the closure of an Australian catering firm has found officials didn’t deliberately mislead investigators but omission of some evidence led to “considerable confusion”.
The parliamentary inquiry into the closure of I
Continue Reading I Cook Foods inquiry not misled but evidence errors caused confusion
More than 150 students and staff at a school in Belgium fell ill during an outbreak of norovirus earlier this month, according to information recently released.
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food
Continue Reading Norovirus outbreak reported at Belgian school; raw vegetables blamed
Later infections in a deadly Listeria outbreak traced to sandwiches served in hospitals in England could have been prevented, according to an investigation into the incident.
The first outbreak patient in April 2019 was not
Continue Reading Reporting delay likely impacted size of sandwich Listeria outbreak
A review into hospital food in England following a fatal Listeria outbreak this past year includes plans to improve food safety.
The work, ordered by Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock in June 2019,
Continue Reading Hospital food review includes food safety focus
The factory of a sandwich producer in England linked to an illness was contaminated by Listeria for almost three years, a report into the incident has found.
In July 2017, Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from
Continue Reading Listeria found for years at site of sandwich producer
A parliamentary inquiry into the closure of an Australian catering business has found the council failed in its role as a regulator.
I Cook Foods, which provided pre-packed meals to hospitals and the aged care
Continue Reading Inquiry criticizes handling of I Cook Foods Listeria case
Cross contamination and temperature abuse are factors that played a role in an outbreak of Salmonella in Hong Kong earlier this year.
In May, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health
Continue Reading Cross contamination, temperature abuse factors in sandwich outbreak
More than 220 people are part of an outbreak in Hong Kong linked to sandwiches.
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health reported 229 people were sick and 45 needed hospital
Continue Reading Hong Kong outbreak linked to sandwiches sickens 200
Authorities in Hong Kong have linked cases of food poisoning to a suspected unlicensed food factory in the country.
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health reported 27 people were sick
Continue Reading Food poisoning in Hong Kong linked to unlicensed producer
