More than 40 people have fallen sick in Spain with a type of sandwich served at a restaurant suspected of causing illness.
The Regional Delegation of Health and Consumption of the Andalusian Government confirmed it is investigating 44 cases of food poisoning from the beginning of January.
A woman in
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Researchers from Germany, Belgium, and Spain have presented their work on solving outbreaks and pathogen-specific questions at a European meeting.
The European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) was organized by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Since 2020, integrated genomic surveillance (IGS) has been
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A botulism outbreak was one of the most serious issues handled by a Spanish food alert system in 2023.
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) uses the Coordinated System for the Rapid Exchange of Information (SCIRI), the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) and
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The number of patients hospitalized with Listeria monocytogenes in Spain has increased significantly since 2000.
Researchers said the findings should raise concerns about the health burden of listeriosis, especially in older people and the immunocompromised.
Data on Listeria monocytogenes hospitalizations from 2000 to 2021 came from the Spanish National Hospital
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The Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction as part of its enforcement activities. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
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Spanish authorities have expanded a warning about Salmonella in raw milk cheese after several people fell sick.
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) reported five cases linked to raw milk sheep’s cheese from Spain. There are likely many more sick people than have been confirmed. The U.S.
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Two studies have been published looking at Toxoplasma in Spanish dry-cured meat products and in meat of adult sheep.
Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Transmission has been attributed to eating undercooked or raw meat.
In the first study, published in the journal Food Control, 552 samples of commercial dry-cured hams
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Researchers in Spain have revealed Listeria monocytogenes in various pork and poultry meat products.
184 meat samples were collected from different retailers in La Rioja. Listeria spp. and monocytogenes were detected in 45 and 19 samples, respectively.
The dominant Listeria species depended on the meat type, said researchers in the International Journal
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The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published two reports looking at controls of fishery products in Spain and Saudi Arabia.
An audit in Spain in February and March 2023 by DG Sante made three recommendations.
The visit concluded that official controls over vessels freezing tuna provide confidence that
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Authorities in a Spanish city have suspended the permit of a company that provided catering to several schools after a large outbreak.
The outbreak affected 149 children and five teachers from four Palma schools on the Balearic Islands this past December.
The suspected food was a rice dish. Sick people
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