One person in Sweden has fallen ill after incorrectly preparing chickpeas and beans that were not labelled correctly.
Sweden issued a Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) notification after a report from the
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Austrian Hepatitis A cases match strain in Swedish outbreak
Austria has become part of a multi-country Hepatitis A outbreak with 31 confirmed cases linked to frozen strawberries imported from Poland.
The outbreak of hepatitis A virus (HAV) is connected to the one recently declared
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Hepatitis A database has potential to improve outbreak detection
A Hepatitis A database has shown promise, and with improvements could be used at earlier stages of international outbreaks, according to researchers.
The team assessed usefulness of the dataset for geographical annotation, backtracing and outbreak
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Sweden reports two E. coli outbreaks; more than 100 ill
Sweden has been hit by two different outbreaks of E. coli, with one of them affecting more than 100 people. A pizza ingredient is suspected, but investigations are ongoing.
An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7
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Norway investigates Salmonella outbreak; source unknown
Thirteen people have been infected with Salmonella across Norway but the source has not yet been identified.
Folkehelseinstituttet (The Norwegian Institute of Public Health) said Salmonella Enteritidis infection has been detected in people living in
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Rare Salmonella strain sickens 50 in five EU countries
Around 50 people in five European countries have been struck down with a rare strain of Salmonella.
Salmonella Mikawasima has infected 15 people in Germany, 13 in Sweden, eight in both Denmark and the Czech
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Sweden investigates nationwide E. coli outbreak; source unknown
Swedish authorities are investigating a national outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 with at least 50 cases.
Folkhälsomyndigheten (Public Health Agency) and Livsmedelsverket (National Food Agency) said it appears to be one of the biggest outbreaks
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Food, animals suspected in Salmonella outbreaks in Sweden
Swedish public health officials are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella that is believed
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Swedish Study Finds STEC in 13 Percent of Imported Beef
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) has been detected in 13 percent of beef samples tested from meat imported to Sweden between 2010 and 2011. The country’s National Food Agency tested both beef and leafy greens
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2014 in Review: Animal Antibiotics
Food Safety News wrote a lot about antibiotic resistance this year — particularly the debate surrounding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) plan to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in food animals, introduced
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Swedish Supermarket Removes Frozen Strawberries for Hep A Risk
Swedish supermarket chain Ica has removed all frozen strawberries from its stores due to the risk of hepatitis A contamination, according to Swedish news outlet The Local. The recalled berries, grown in Morocco and
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