Ten people were sick and one died in China this past year after eating a toxic plant.
The food poisoning was caused by the wild plant Anisodus tanguticus, which contains tropane alkaloids.
The outbreak occurred in
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Researchers have provided more details about an outbreak traced to contaminated food aid in Uganda in 2019 that killed five people.
It was the largest documented outbreak caused by food contamination with tropane alkaloids, according
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Deep frozen spinach puree has been linked to a foodborne outbreak in Slovakia.
Authorities have not said how many people were affected by tropane alkaloid poisoning but figures in local media vary from a dozen
Continue Reading Frozen spinach linked to as many as 100 illnesses in Slovakia; recall underway
An expert group on tropane alkaloids that gathered after an outbreak traced to contaminated food aid in Uganda has published its findings.
In 2019, 315 people were ill and five died after eating “Super Cereal”
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A review has highlighted issues at a Turkish factory that supplied food aid implicated in a deadly outbreak in Uganda that sickened hundreds this past year.
Problems in the processing plant involved poor quality raw
Continue Reading Problems found at Turkish Super Cereal food aid supplier
Scientists have shone a light on the cause of multiple serious and fatal food poisoning incidents in Uganda in 2019. They found all three outbreaks were caused by a single batch of a type of
Continue Reading Researchers show Ugandan outbreaks caused by single batch of food aid
The World Food Program (WFP) has requested assistance from the FAO and WHO on tropane alkaloids after five people died in Uganda this past year from contaminated food aid.
The United Nations agency wanted the
Continue Reading WFP asks for help to prevent repeat of tropane alkaloid outbreaks
International investigations have found two outbreaks of illness in Uganda were likely caused by food aid contaminated with tropane alkaloids.
Five people died and about 300 fell sick after eating Super Cereal distributed in Karamoja
Continue Reading Tropane alkaloids caused Ugandan food aid outbreaks
Atropine was detected in four of 14 samples of cereal-based foods intended for children, according to a survey last year by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet).
Another tropane alkaloid, scopolamine, was detected in two
Continue Reading Norway finds tropane and pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food samples
Greenyard Frozen France has recalled frozen green beans because they could contain parts of a poisonous plant commonly known as jimsom weed or jimsonweed.
The scientific name of the plant is Datura stramonium and it
Continue Reading Greenyard recalls green beans for jimson weed risk; may close facility
