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Uganda sets sights on reducing aflatoxin burden

By News Desk on June 19, 2022

The government of Uganda has started a campaign to tackle the high levels of aflatoxin in food.

The call, supported by Oxfam, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), the Grain Council of Uganda and…

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Food aid incident was largest known outbreak from tropane alkaloids

By Joe Whitworth on May 6, 2022

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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Experts help WFP after food aid outbreak

By News Desk on December 2, 2020

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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Problems found at Turkish Super Cereal food aid supplier

By Joe Whitworth on November 20, 2020

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…
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Study gives insight into bushmeat preferences in Uganda

By News Desk on November 3, 2020

Researchers have expanded understanding of the potential for exposure to and infection with zoonotic pathogens in the bushmeat trade.

Scientists believe that if they can help bushmeat traders and consumers keep themselves safe, perhaps their…
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Researchers show Ugandan outbreaks caused by single batch of food aid

By Joe Whitworth on October 13, 2020

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…
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IAEA details food safety work in Uganda and Costa Rica

By News Desk on June 11, 2020

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has marked World Food Safety Day this month by highlighting food safety efforts in Uganda and Costa Rica.

The IAEA and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)…
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EU countries take up interim rules on official controls during pandemic

By Joe Whitworth on May 9, 2020

More than a dozen countries have taken advantage of temporary rules to tackle disruption in official control systems in Europe because of the coronavirus pandemic.

As of May 6, 15 nations had informed the European…
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WFP asks for help to prevent repeat of tropane alkaloid outbreaks

By Joe Whitworth on May 1, 2020

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…
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Tropane alkaloids caused Ugandan food aid outbreaks

By Joe Whitworth on November 1, 2019

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…
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