About 20 residents of six nursing homes in Belgium have fallen ill after being infected with E. coli.
Local media reported five people had died but it was not certain
Belgian officials have urged people to pay attention to food safety following an increase in the number of outbreaks.
In 2024, 777 foodborne outbreaks were reported. This is more than
More than 5,200 consumer complaints about food safety were submitted to a dedicated service in Belgium in 2024.
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC)
Around 70 Salmonella infections have been linked to eating eggs in Belgium.
At the start of 2025, the National Reference Centre for Salmonella at Sciensano detected an increase in reports
Figures from Belgium show the number of outbreaks and people sick in them declined in 2023.
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain’s (FASFC) annual report
The number of outbreaks and people sick in them was higher in 2022 than the year before, according to the Belgian food agency.
Belgium recorded 830 outbreaks in 2022 compared
Experts in Belgium have taken part in an exercise to improve management of foodborne outbreaks in the country.
The event, coordinated this past month by Sciensano, the national public health
An additional 200 outbreaks were recorded in Belgium in 2021 versus the year before, according to the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC).
There was a
Researchers have evaluated Belgium’s surveillance system for Salmonella infections and the potential role of whole genome sequencing.
Surveillance of salmonellosis in Belgium depends on voluntary referral of human Salmonella
More than 330 outbreaks affected more than 1,200 people in Belgium in 2020, according to the food agency’s annual report.
The 333 outbreaks sickened 1,262 people with
The Belgian food safety authority has had to step in less this summer at youth camps following outbreaks of food poisoning.
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food
Belgium has recorded the highest number of foodborne outbreaks in a year since recordkeeping began.
This past year, 571 outbreaks were reported to the National Reference Laboratory for Foodborne Outbreaks
