Public health officials have determined that Staphylococcal aureus (Staph) enterotoxin is the source behind more than 100 foodborne illnesses among bus drivers who shuttled crowds to and from the Coachella Festival in California.
The festival
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Poisonous mushrooms remain a major problem in China as they caused the most outbreaks and deaths in the country in this past year. In 2020, there was a total of 7,073 foodborne outbreaks reported, resulting
Continue Reading China reports more than 7,000 outbreaks in 2020
The number of infections from gastrointestinal viruses dropped but bacterial pathogen reports did not go down much in South Korea during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study.
Such viruses are mainly caused by the
Continue Reading Study shows different COVID-19 impact on infections from viruses and bacteria
French public health officials have reported a rise in the number of foodborne outbreaks in 2019 compared to the year before.
Sante publique France, the public health agency, recorded 1,783 outbreaks in the country affecting
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Abstracts from a cancelled event have been issued on outbreaks in Brazil, Pakistan and Malaysia.
The conference abstracts were scheduled to be presented at the International Congress on Infectious Diseases in September 2020 in Kuala
Continue Reading Researchers describe outbreaks in Brazil, Pakistan and Malaysia
More than 1,600 foodborne outbreaks were declared in France in 2018 affecting 14,700 people with two deaths, according to statistics published by the national public health agency.
A total of 1,630 illness outbreaks were reported
Continue Reading New report documents rise in foodborne illness outbreaks in France
Almost 200 foodborne outbreaks affecting 800 people were reported in Hong Kong in 2019, according to a new report.
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and Department of
Continue Reading Hong Kong records rise in foodborne outbreaks
Campylobacter and Salmonella infections increased by almost 20 percent in 2018 in Slovakia, according to the country’s annual report on foodborne diseases.
Data was compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the
Continue Reading Slovakia sees large rise in Campylobacter and Salmonella infections
Campylobacter was the top cause of illness while E. coli numbers reached a record high last year, according to foodborne illness figures from Switzerland.
The 2018 surveillance report of zoonoses and outbreaks of food poisoning
Continue Reading E. coli at new high; Campylobacter top cause of illness in Switzerland
More than 130 foodborne outbreaks were recorded in Finland between 2014 and 2016, according to a recent report.
Data comes from a register of foodborne and waterborne outbreaks maintained by the former Finnish Food Safety
Continue Reading Norovirus most often responsible for foodborne outbreaks in Finland
