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Belgian officials practice outbreak response         

By News Desk on October 7, 2022

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 institute, covered a fictional Salmonella…

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Belgium reports large rise in foodborne illness outbreaks in 2021

By Joe Whitworth on July 28, 2022

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 significant increase in the number…

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Study assesses Belgium’s Salmonella surveillance

By Joe Whitworth on September 1, 2021

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 isolates to the National Reference Center…
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Outbreaks down but recalls up for Belgium in 2020

By Joe Whitworth on July 21, 2021

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 27 needing hospital treatment. Two elderly people died,…
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Food poisoning drops significantly at youth camps in Belgium

By Joe Whitworth on September 1, 2020

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 Chain (FASFC) intervened twice in…
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Belgium reports record high number of outbreaks

By Joe Whitworth on May 28, 2020

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 (LNR-TIA). A total of 2,457…
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Belgian Listeria infections linked to Dutch outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on October 26, 2019

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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Belgian Salmonella outbreak traced to tartar sauce

By News Desk on September 25, 2019

A Salmonella outbreak that sickened almost 200 people at a Belgian school was likely caused by eggs used to make a tartar sauce, according to authorities.

The Agency for Care and Health (Zorg en Gezondheid)…
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Salmonella suspected in outbreak at Belgian school

By News Desk on September 11, 2019

Around 150 students and teachers from a school in Belgium are ill with possible food poisoning.

The Agency for Care and Health (Zorg en Gezondheid) and the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food…
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Gastro cost in Belgium estimated at hundreds of millions annually

By Joe Whitworth on June 30, 2019

The annual cost of acute gastroenteritis for the Belgian economy has been estimated at between €210 million ($239 million) and €1 billion ($1.14 billion).

A study by the Belgian institute for health Sciensano estimated the…
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